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this is bbc news, the latest headlines: the uk government has been given two more months to prepare a very warm welcome to bbc news, for brexit, but if parliament broadcasting to viewers doesn't pass the withdrawal in north america and around the globe. agreement, that will change my name is mike embley. our top stories: to just two extra weeks. the european union to give union the prime minister has now said she understands the frustration. a week on from the gun attacks on two mosques in christchurch, new zealand has fallen silent agrees to give the uk more time. to remember the 50 people killed. the call to prayer was observed, if the withdrawal agreement as 5000 muslims attended is passed by the house of commons services, supported by around 15,000 next week, the european council others, in solidarity agrees to an extension with the victims until the 22nd of may. and their loved ones. twenty—four hours after she attacked mps, theresa may now says aid workers are racing she understands their frustration. but she says, it's time against to get emergency to end the uncertainty. i hope we can all agree we are now —— aid workers are racing at the moment of decision against time to get emergency supplies to hundreds of thousands and i will make every effort of people affected by cyclone idai, to ensure we are able to leave which struck southern africa a week ago. more than 300 people have been with a deal and move confirmed dead in mozambique and zimbabwe, but the toll our country forward. is expected to rise.
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you're up to date. islamic adhan (call to prayer). time now for panorama. tonight on panorama, one week on from the deadly mosque the families without security. attacks in christchurch, how landlords can call the shots. the country comes together to pay we've got two types of tenants. tribute to the victims. we've got those that agree aid workers race to get emergency supplies to hundreds of thousands with me, and ex—tenants. of people stranded by cyclone idai. we're with britain's most controversial landlord, donald trump overturns as he evicts hundreds of people. decades of us policy, fergus wilson's mass eviction saying america should recognise israeli sovereignty over of tenants to begin next week. the occupied golan heights. well, the headline is right. in some streets, every family could be out. we have no say in it whatsoever. no security. it's all perfectly legal, because private tenants have the british prime minister has convinced eu leaders to grant her an extension to try and get her brexit deal approved by parliament. but it's not for as long as she wanted, and it is still possible the uk could leave the european union in less than a week, with no
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withdrawal deal in place. if the british parliament fails to back her deal — it's rejected it twice, by huge margins — then the eu's extension only lasts until april 12th. if the deal passes, the uk will leave on may 22nd. here's donald tusk speaking shortly after the latest talks. the european council decided to approve the strasbourg agreement. as regards the extension, our decisions envisage two scenarios. in the first scenario, that if the withdrawal agreement is passed by the house of commons next week, the european council agrees to an extension until the 22nd of may. in the second scenario, that if the agreement is not approved by the house of commons next week, the european council agrees to an extension
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until the 20th of april... 12th, 12th of april... laughter ..while expecting the uk to indicate a way forward. what this means in practice is that, until that date, all options will remain open and the cliff edge date will be delayed. some laughs but still a lot of tension and a lot of fatigue. my colleague christian fraser has been in brussels for us, and has analyzed some of the key developments from the summit. well, it has been a marathon european council. they were supposed to be meeting to discuss the extension for three hours today, eventually they came out after eight hours to say they had reached some conclusions. and really, the extension that they granted the uk comes in two parts. if theresa may is able to get her deal through the house of commons next week, then for technical reasons,
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to get the legislation through, the european council is prepared to give her untill the 22nd of may. but if they do not get theresa may's deal through, then they would expect the house of commons to find another way forward and they've set a new limit — the 12th of april — for them to do that. and that is an important date in the diary because that is the moment that the uk would have to inform the european union whether or not it was taking part in the european parliamentary elections. theresa may, when she appeared for her press conference this evening, was asked by one of the journalists where she is going at this moment in time, where does she put her preferences? obviously, her main preference is her own deal, but then the options of deal, no deal, revoke or extension. but then she was given the options of deal, no deal, revoke or extension.
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we gave the choice of whether to stay in the european union to the british people. they voted in 2016, they voted to leave. government at they voted to leave. government at the time said they would honour and respect that decision. at the last general election 80% of the votes we re general election 80% of the votes were cast members of parliament who stood for the manifesto and i think the time is now to deliver for the british people. it is time for decisions, said theresa may. she is putting the onus squarely on the house of commons. but that will alarm many mps back in london who really cannot contemplate the idea that the united kingdom would leave without a deal, so expect a battle royale next week. if that deal goes down for a third time, even if she is allowed to bring it and the speaker allows it to put it to the floor, what then happens? would the prime minister try and take the uk out of the european union, risking some of the resignations on her own front bench, a split in her own party, or would parliament wrestle it away from her, put forward the indicative vote on all the other options, and hope within three weeks
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to find a new way forward? all eyes in brussels will be on the events in the house of commons over the next week — it really is, as theresa may says, decision time. let's get some of the day's other news: venezuela's opposition leaderjuan guaido says his chief of staff is missing after intelligence agencies detained robert marrero in a raid on his home. the us has repeatedly warned president maduro not to arrest mr guaido or his aides and called it a "big mistake" that would not go unanswered. at least 44 people have been killed and dozens more injured following a huge explosion at a pesticide plant in china. the windows of houses and a school were shattered by the force of the explosion, and local people were evacuated amid concerns about toxic fumes. the former president of brazil, michel temer, has been taken to rio following his arrest on charges of corruption.
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the 78—year—old has been detained in connection with a long—running investigation known as 0peration car wash, which has seen many politicians and business leaders in the country convicted or charged. mr temer denies any wrongdoing. a large crowd has observed two minutes‘ silence in memory of the 50 victims of the mass shootings in new zealand last friday. they gathered in a park opposite the al noor mosque in christchurch where the killings began, one week ago today. the bbc‘s mariko 0i is in christchurch. behind me is the al noor mosque way 42 people lost their lives last friday. eight others were gunned down shortly after. i am wearing a headscarf to show respect to those praying around us. thousands of people attended friday prayers which was the exact event the attacker targeted last friday. the event
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started with a call to prayer broadcast nationally around new zealand, followed by a two minute's silence. let's take a listen. islamic adhan (call to prayer). we haven't really been struck all week by the outpouring of love and support for the muslim community. we met with 17—year—old student who moved to new zealand with his pa rents moved to new zealand with his parents in 2013 and he gave a speech to his fellow students. this is what he had to say. a message to the shooter, what you have done has brought us closer together. in the coming weeks more people will turn up in the mosques, a place you hate so much, for the faith,
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by the strength in their faith, and inspired by theirfallen brothers and sisters. in the coming weeks, more and more muslims will turn up at the gates of mosques with fresh flowers and beautifully written notes. they may not have known where the mosques in the area are, but now they do, all because of you. the shooter may have achieved his aim of intended carnage, in his violent rampage, and he has also clearly generated much heartbreak and disruption among our community, he took away many beautiful people's lives but to me and every other thoughtful human being in this country, he has totally failed to create hate and despair in us. he is a failure. he has failed to drive a wedge between muslims and non—muslims in new zealand, and his violent action has opened new pathways of acceptance. let's all stand as one and show the world that we new zealanders stand as one community together,
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no matter what. five of the victims were under the age of 16. the youngest only free. most of the victims moved to new zealand from countries like pakistan, india, there were some refugees from syria looking for a safer place to live as well. earlier, i spoke to a doctor from the new zealand muslim association and asked how his community is holding up. obviously, it is a very tough situation and it is a very emotional time but, thank to god, we are holding very strong. we know that the compassion and the love which has been outpouring from the community has been tremendous and that gives us this strength that we stand together in this dark hours of our history.
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we have really been struck by the support of the community as well. the new zealand government has been acting very quickly in terms of addressing the gun laws, but how do you assess the government response so far? so far it has been excellent, the response from our prime minister and the agencies which have been attending to seeing that the loved ones are correctly identified and handed over to theirfamilies. so in that regard, it has been an excellent response and the prime minister has shown incredible leadership in the face of the situation we are facing. however, as a nation, there will be a time to reflect on that, how could this happen? and we will be looking at beyond just gun laws to make sure that we emerge from this catastrophe as a country and a community
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which is strongly connected and cohesive and supportive of each other. for that, all new zealanders need to play their part in that, and i have no doubt that they will. but also i think, on a global level, we need to look at the ways in which we need to change the thinking and the narratives which create hatred among people. from the new zealand muslim association. we got the latest numbers from the city council which they 5000 muslim worshippers attended friday prayers but 15,000 others also joined the service so that goes to show how the local
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community has come together to show their support for the muslim community. we are expecting mass burials later this afternoon so funerals are continuing to take place for those who died last friday. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: and as thailand prepares to head for the polls, we hear how candidates prepare to woo the seven million first time voters. let there be no more wars or bloodshed between arabs and israelis. very good. applause so proud of both of you. applause
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with great regret, the committeee have decided that south africa should be excluded from the 1970 competition. chants streaking across the sky, the white— hot wreckage from mir drew gasps from onlookers on fiji. onlooker: wow! this is bbc news, the latest headlines: eu leaders in brussels give britain two more months to prepare for brexit. if mps do not pass the withdrawal agreement, then that will change to two extra weeks. a week on from the mosque attacks in christchurch that killed fifty people. the country has come together
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to remember the victims. donald trump has overturned decades of us policy by saying it's time for washington to recognise israeli sovereignty over the golan heights — which it captured from syria in 1967. speaking in jerusalem, israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, said president trump had made history. a senior palestinian official, saeb erekat said the policy change was a recipe for conflict between palestinians and israelis. donald trump's move comes ahead of a general election in israel next month. joshua landis is the director of the centre for middle east studies at the university of oklahoma and author of the syria comment blog. hejoins me now from norman, oklahoma mist trump and mist netanyahu have a personal bond but this looks like an electoral gift to mist netanyahu. can donald trump do this even though the un has designated this land as
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occupied territory. america can defy the international community on this even though it will, of course, damaged the united states as an upholder of the liberal international order and our allies will look at the united states with distrust. but he can do it and in a sense he defies congress to try to undo it but congress is unlikely to do that. this is quite popular amongst voters in the election campaign to dig so is not only doing it netanyahu's neta nyahu's sake but netanyahu's sake but also for his own. he is eager to paint the democrats as being anti—semitic, anti— israel to dig in the same struggle that is going on in britain is going on in the united states to dig a new congressional
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congresswoman made a number of remarks that have... and she has been accused of being anti—semitic, and this caused a great uproar within the democratic party that was unable to censor her in the way it wa nted unable to censor her in the way it wanted to because there were disagreements over the actions of israel to dig and president trump is clearly trying to take advantage of that. was not much priest process to speak of anyway but the principal behind whatever process there was was to give up land for peace. is that entirely gone? it seems to be gone to dig and that has been the principal since 1967. resolution 2112 of the un which was land for peace. however, today the united states is not supporting a land for peace proposal. president trump said that whatever solution the two parties come up with, the united states wallace accept. that is a big
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departure from land for peace. — make united states will accept. departure from land for peace. — make united states will acceptm you don't mind, if mr netanyahu survives the election on corruption charges he will be dependent on ultra right wing is in his next coalition they want to annex the west ba n k coalition they want to annex the west bank as well to dig this will encourage them to dig yes, it will. and this is my long where israel is moving, towards increasing and taking more and more land and leaving less and less for the palestinians. thank you very much. aid agencies say hundreds of thousands of people have been affected by the tropical cyclone which hit south eastern africa last week — leaving huge swathes of land completely flooded. whole towns and villages have been submerged. 0ur africa editor, fergal keane has been with rescue teams trying to reach people still stranded near the coast of mozambique. a town separated from its country. buzi is now an island... ..its people marooned on rooftops.
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today, the country's president visited. filipe nyusi saw for himself the wretched conditions of his people. "the first thing we're going to do is rescue people from the water," he said, "so that they do not die." there was a small hand—out of food aid, too small for so many, with inevitable frustration. we joined a rescue team approaching buzi from the water, from where the river pungwe burst its banks. within a few minutes, we saw the first survivors, calling to us from the shore. the rescuers are from the indian navy, training in the region when the cyclone struck. these people had been waiting a week to be rescued. "we were in the water for four days", said this man.
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"we've lost our houses. we moved to a safer place so that we could be rescued." day after day, several times a day, the indian navy is carrying out these rescue missions and finding people in a desperate condition. you have to ask yourself, what would happen if they weren't here? we passed localfishing boats loaded with survivors, but there are too few of them are many fishermen have lost their homes. once back on land in beira, there's medical care for the old and for the young. numerous people are suffering from foot infections, caused by standing too long in water. somejust sitting in the blazing heat, exhausted by days of suffering. from the air too, more rescues. these south african teams have been working from dawn till dusk to snatch marooned people.
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this was the scene at the stadium in buzi, and again, the limits of what's possible to achieve with still such limited resources. we carried on until we reached the first damaged buildings of buzi, the people camped on rooftops. and here, those who'd heard that rescue was coming, crowded onto the banks. it's impossible to know how many people are waiting in there for rescue. the navy can now only take 28 and there is a much greater need than that. mothers push their children to safety. wherever they were going had to be better than this. disaster on all... disaster on all sides? all sides. but at least she was getting out. as we pulled away, others pleaded to be taken. the old woman was brought aboard.
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we saw the indian navy rescue 67 people along the river, but as others are left behind, the sailors will be back tomorrow and for days to come. fergal keane, bbc news, on the pungwe river, mozambique. there will be seven million first—time voters in thailand's election on sunday. a new party called future forward is attracting their attention, with radical policies to deal with inequality and the influence of the military. but the military itself has set the electoral system, putting its own party in pole position. and it wants youth support too, as our correspondent jonathan head reports. canvassing on two wheels. when you are young and new to politics, this is perhaps the best and certainly the most affordable way to connect with voters. it is a good time for the new party... i was following taopiphop limjittrakorn around the bangkok constituency he hopes to represent. tao says he's always been a bit
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of a rebel and he is the founder member of a brand—new party, future forward, which is promising big changes for thailand. they think, oh, a new candidate? i'm just 30 years old, i told him, and a law graduate. surprisingly, he would come. what made you decide to become a politician? honestly, it sound so bad, i want power, but power to change. and powerfrom ordinary people. i want to represent ordinary people. people who suffer like me. his party and the radical young millionaire who funds it has generated a lot of excitement, especially among younger thais. he has become a social media star although he knows that is not enough. work on ground as much as you work online. 0nline campaign, you get popularity. 0n ground, you get votes.
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the military—drafted electoral system is stacked against him but there are 7 million first—time voters who could yet help his party to do better than expected. new policies, ending dictatorship and something new in politics is what these students say is important to them. that presents a bit of a problem for the man who seized power in a coup five years ago. general prayuth wants to keep the prime minister'sjob and has formed a party to persuade voters that is a good idea. they've recruited young and telegenic candidates like pada vorakanon, who is also on two wheels, though she has a lot more back—up on her party than future forward's tao does. but how does she feel campaigning for a coup leader? i like him in terms of being efficient. in his work. and i feel that... but he is not democratic, is he? it's the way you get to the power and i don't care.
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he can do things a lot that other government can't do. efficiency and stability. that is the military party's core message. how well it plays with younger thais, we will find out this sunday. jonathan head, bbc news, bangkok. much more from him on sunday and briefly, the main news again. european leaders have agreed to the british prime minister ‘s request to delay brexit. but it is not for as long as she wanted and it is still very possible that the uk could leave the eu with no withdrawal deal in place to dig more for you on all the news at any time on our website.
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you can reach me and the team through twitter. 18 degrees in the sunshine in yorkshire on thursday but for much of the uk, it may have been mild but it was cloudy and that cloud is with us as it begins. there are changes on the way. as this weather front moves southwards, it will bring cooler conditions but more of us will get to see some sunshine over the weekend. this is how friday starts. cloudy, damp, drizzly in places, misty and murky but very mild. there is the rain from the weather front, winds strengthening, northern england, northern ireland, scotland. the strongest wind gusts of a0 miles per hour. here is the rain from that front moving across scotland and northern ireland. later towards north—west england and north wales. look how it clears up behind the front.
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some sunshine appearing, blustery showers, increasingly wintry but maybe notjust on hills as we go into friday night. ahead of the weather front, clouds and sunny breaks, north—east england, yorkshire, along south coast, still mild. the front moves south on friday evening and night, becoming increasingly light and patchy. the front slows to a grinding halt across southern england into east anglia and by the end of saturday night, it keeps the temperature up, maybe a bit of light rain and drizzle. elsewhere, clearer skies, a touch of frost. further blustery showers, wintry nature. this weather front, and this is the picture at the start of the weekend, it's had quite an impact. it will have cleared things up, cooler, fresh around. but the front is lingering close to south—east england on saturday. it could keep a good deal of cloud and maybe some drizzle but elsewhere, good sunny spells, lastly, wintry showers. one or two across northern ireland. temperatures mostly in the range of 9—12 degrees. a greater chance of frost into saturday night and sunday morning, some more prolonged downpours. later reaching parts of northern england.
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the rest of england and wales staying mainly dry and brighter across southern england as well. still very blustery across northern scotland in particular so over the weekend, it is going to be cooler. the nights will deliver a risk of frost. more of us will get to see some sunshine. blustery showers, especially in scotland.
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