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the headlines at three... the government insists theresa may had to reach out to labour in a bid to find a way forward on brexit. it has angered some conservatives. working withjeremy corbyn is not something i want to do at all. it is not something the prime minister wants to do. but far worse than that, would be to fail to deliver on brexit. labour defends its handling of complaints about anti—semitism after reports that the party failed to ta ke reports that the party failed to take disciplinary action in hundreds of cases. commemorations have taken place in royan do today to mark 25 years since the genocide in which around a tenth of the population was killed. —— in rwanda. prince william has completed a three week stint working with the intelligence agencies.
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olympic champion james cracknell will soon become the oldest person ever to roll in the varsity boat race. good afternoon. theresa may says there's a risk brexit won't happen, unless a deal can be agreed with labour. cross—party talks have been taking place to break the stalemate on getting an agreement through parliament. labour says further talks are planned, but said it was disappointing that there had not been any movement on the government's so—called "red lines". here's our political correspondent nick eardley. what does theresa may do in the coming days? another brexit deadline approaching, still no breakthrough in talks with labour. the prime minister now says continuing to delay our departure could mean it doesn't happen at all. in a statement, she said...
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the leader of the commons admits talks with the opposition are happening through gritted teeth, but she says now is the time to deliver. i just do want to point out, we are out of time. we should have left on 29th march. on wednesday, european leaders will be here to decide whether to push brexit day back again. the government wants a few more weeks. european leaders have suggested an extension could be much longer, with the ability to get out early if parliament backs a deal. i would think that the eu would want to have an extension. i would think that they would want to avoid no deal. on the other hand, the other side of it is they would also want to avoid the uk fighting european elections, which is something i'm also extremely keen to avoid. talks with labour will continue in the coming days. so far, the party says the government hasn't accepted its main demand, a customs union, but it isn't giving up hope of a breakthrough.
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at the moment, we're not seeing any element of compromise from the government. we're hopeful that will change over the coming days, and we'll consider any proposals they put to us if they come near to the objectives that we're trying to achieve. all the while, the legal default remains. if no extension is agreed, we could leave on friday with no deal. some want the idea of revoking article 50 to be left on the table. that will be disappointing, and it will be as a result of the crisis that the government has caused, unfortunately. but it will be a matter that we consider very carefully at the time, but we have promised our party members and constituents that we will do all we can to avoid a no deal situation, and it's something we would consider very, very strongly. this place has another big week ahead. can the two main parties come to a compromise? if not, can mps decide in another round of votes? brexit divisions have become entrenched — overcoming them won't be easy. meanwhile, labour has defended its handling
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of complaints about anti—semitism after it was reported that the party had failed to take disciplinary action in hundreds of cases. the sunday times said it had seen leaked internal documents which showed the party's system for dealing with complaints had been beset by delays, inaction and interference from the leader's office. the jewish labour movement is holding its annual general meeting later today and will hold a vote of confidence injeremy corbyn‘s leadership. the shadow attorney general shami chakrabarti, speaking on sky news‘ sophie ridge on sunday, urged them not to "personalise the issue and make it about jeremy corbyn". we have to tackle it but it will be much easier to tackle it if we don't make it a personal attack onjeremy corbyn or a conservative attack on labour, or an inter—factional attack, it seems to me. and we need to take the same approach when there are claims about the conservative party, not to go, "the tories have got a problem with islamophobia..."
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we've got to come together as democratic people in the context of the rise of the far right in europe and in this country. the democratic people, who are antiracist, need to come together and tackle it. earlier, the national secretary of the jewish labour movement, peter mason, told usjeremy corbyn has not done enough to tackle the problem. so, thejewish labour movement a few months ago made the heart—wrenching decision to refer the labour party to the equalities and human rights commission, alleging institutional racism, because quite frankly, what we have seen, and what today confirms, is that the structures and mechanisms of the labour party are so incapable of dealing with anti—jewish racism that quite frankly, they need to bring in full independence to get the situation under control and to really shine a light on what we now know has been happening. ultimately, organisations are led by the top, cultures of organisations are set by those that lead them. and over the last three years, one year on from the protests in parliament square by thejewish
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community, can the labour party and the labour party leadership really say that enough has been done? meanwhile, europe's only jewish—muslim women's conference gets underway today in london, expecting 100—200 jewish and muslim women from all around the country to attend. one of the overall goals of the day is to produce a list of demands for what government and political parties need to do to tackle antisemitism and islamaphobia. our correspondent is at the university of westminster, where the conference is taking place. are there common themes being explored by the jewish and muslim there common themes being explored by thejewish and muslim at there common themes being explored by the jewish and muslim at this conference? well, the main purpose of this particular conference is to find there is a similarities between the muslim and thejewish women who are attending today. as you can see, things are starting to wrap up after a day of listening to speeches and
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attending different workshops. there we re attending different workshops. there were 250 women attending the event today. the organisation has the name of women in both hebrew and arabic. the idea is to find common ground and to say that there is more which unites rather than divides. this is the third year that the conference has taken place. since the last conference there have been two atrocities which have affected both different groups. in pittsburgh there was the shooting in a synagogue. and in christchurch there was the shooting in the mosques. today was about finding common ground and understanding and finding support for different groups and saying that just because support for different groups and saying thatjust because people have different religions does not mean that you should not stand up for them in other settings. and have any of the participants engaged with the debate which is going on in labour at the moment over anti—semitism? and there is also the issue of possible islamophobia in the
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conservative party but the big focus still seems to be on the labour party and allegations of anti—semitism demonstrated by that newspaper story this morning? well, of course, many of the attendance did not speak about politics, they said they did not want this event to be political. however rachel riley, the countdown presenter, who has spoken up several times about anti—semitism, did speak about the labour party and she was very strong aboutjeremy labour party and she was very strong about jeremy corbyn, labour party and she was very strong aboutjeremy corbyn, she said that she felt people in thejewish community were frightened about the idea thatjeremy corbyn could come into power. i challenged her on that when i spoke to her later, but she is adamant she does not feel the labour party are taking those moves. the liver party has said they take anti—semitism extremely seriously and it is something that they are addressing, as we have heard from chamois trucker party and several other labour mps today. so they were addressing that but also generally there were people of groups trying to find positive ways to go forward rather than just finding criticisms
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at the moment. the boat race is underway this afternoon and james cracknell is set to become the old est cracknell is set to become the oldest person to take part. the women's race took place earlier this afternoon with cambridge winning for the third year in a row. commentator: now the smiles can begin, what a victory for cambridge, oxford still coming towards the finish, for like, they have been well beaten today. let's take a look at the men now as they prepare for the start of the race in just a few minutes' time. we are waiting for the signal. commentator: as you can see there is a bit of debris behind the boat, they have spotted that they might
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wait until that has drifted away. andrew cotter: plastic bottle, it should be ok, says the starter. but you can see that the stroke for oxford is not quite ready. there he is, all of the old feelings will be coming back, 46 years old and ready to do battle once again, another of his great challenges. but even with all that experience, he will know that it still has to be clean here. he has a great crew around him, he knows that he is the big story, but he no as he is part of a very talented crew which starts as a strong favourites. half an hour before high tide, the fastest incoming tide. the starter is happy,
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and attention, go! is the instruction! will cambridge win it, as they did in the women's race, will they boss the early exchanges and take control? it is oxford on the middlesex station, and cambridge on the surrey side. who gets the fastest start? they will start off at 40 fastest start? they will start off at a0 strokes a minute before settling down a little bit. cambridge look like they have made an aggressive start with a high rate, oxford, smooth, on the other hand. it looks like cambridge are powering off. trying to eke out a little bit. and then when you settle, you can relax into your rhythm. steering-wise looked like both crews were starting to converge but in fact they have kept a good distance apart. we will see if they
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get any closer as we come down the course. the polish athlete, one of their very talented athletes, who has rowed in the olympics and world championships. a resting heart rate of... studio: that is the commentary on bbc one. we willjust take a few more seconds of the pictures, it is a lwa ys more seconds of the pictures, it is always great to see. as the commentators were saying, cambridge start as the favourites, to such an extent, whether it is to do with james cracknell or not, having somebody of that age, a6, you might have thought that would be a bit of a disadvantage, but not according to the bookmakers, they say 60% of all bets and 95% of all the money placed on the race, has been for cambridge.
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cambridge winning all four races last year, the men's and women's and both reserve races. who knows, maybe we will have a shock. maybe james cracknell is the lucky mascot in the cambridge boat. coverage continues on bbc one. we will be speaking to oui’ on bbc one. we will be speaking to our correspondent later to see how it has finished. a more sombre ceremony taking place today in rwanda, 25 years after the genocide which cost the lives of 800,000 people, a tenth of the country's population. president paul kagame, who led a rebel army which ended the fighting, lit a remembrance flame at the kigali genocide memorial, where many of the victims are buried. charlotte gallagher has this report. this is the light! a flame to remember and reflect,
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a quarter of a century after one a flame to remember and reflect, a quarter of a century after the genocide. the people carrying the flames are all aged 25, too young to remember the mass slaughter. in 199a, there was no hope. only darkness. today, light radiates from this place. over 100 days in 199a, 800,000 men, women and children were murdered — many by militias armed with machetes. the majority of those killed were from the tutsi ethnic group. most of the perpetrators were hutu extremists. child cries. those who survived the violence were forced to flee. 2 million people became refugees.
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the country will now mourn for the next 100 days, the time it took for one in ten rwandans to be murdered 25 years ago. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... the prime minister has insisted she had to reach out to labour or risk letting brexit slip through our fingers, as she said. reports that labour failed to take disciplinary action regarding anti—semitism. commemorations are taking place today in rwanda to mark 25 years since the genocide which cost the lives of about one tenth the population. in sport, everton are leading arsenal 1—0 in the only premier league game today, phil jagielka scoring from close range. there are around 35 minutes left to play at goodison park. scott arfield
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scores a hat—trick as rangers beat motherwell 3—0 in the scottish premiership. they remain ii motherwell 3—0 in the scottish premiership. they remain 11 points behind celtic with five games left. but there were missiles thrown onto the pitch during the match. and cambridge beat oxford to win the women's boat race. the men's race is just underway, cambridge are currently slightly ahead. more sport for you in currently slightly ahead. more sport foryou in an currently slightly ahead. more sport for you in an hour's time. charlie rowley, who survived another choc poisoning is in salisbury last year which killed his partner, has met the russian ambassador in london. —— who survived the novichok poisoning. after the meeting, which was set up by the sunday mirror newspaper, mr rowley said he "didn't really get any answers" from the ambassador, who told him russia wasn't behind the attack. scotland yard and the crown prosecution service have said they have enough evidence to charge two russian men linked with the country's intelligence services. charlie rowley and his brother
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matthew spoke to the sunday mirror after their meeting with the ambassador. we can talk to our news correspondent simonjones been following this story. what was he trying to achieve? it was an extraordinary meeting when you consider it, charlie rowley going to the russian embassy in london, lots of smiles in front of the cameras, he took his brother along with him. it was a closed meeting which went on about 90 minutes. but ultimately charlie rowley was asking the russian ambassador, was russia responsible for killing his girlfriend? quite a thing to set out on. not really something you have a chat over a cup of tea about. not at all, and this was organised by the sunday mirror newspaper, they made sure the meeting happened. charlie rowley‘s girlfriend, dawn sturgess,
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came into contact with a perfume bottle which had novichok in it and she died after a time in hospital and he was left in a coma for ten days. and it is believed that the novichok was the same which was used on the attack on so skripal and his daughter, both of whom survived but dawn stu rgess didn't. daughter, both of whom survived but dawn sturgess didn't. charlie rowley went to the embassy saying, i want some answers. in a went to the embassy saying, i want some answers. "1 a sense went to the embassy saying, i want some answers. in a sense he is the only person we have heard from in all of this, we have not heard from so all of this, we have not heard from so go skripal, there was no interview with him, there was a statement on camera from the daughter but since then, nothing, and she has not been made available for interviews. dawn sturgess died, there was a police sergeant was affected but not poisoned in the same way as they were. so in a sense, he is the nearest we have ever got to this story in terms of being able to talk to one of the participants as that's what has been
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the effect on his life? i think he wa nted the effect on his life? i think he wanted to say to the ambassador from russia, this has had a huge impact on my life, not only losing his partner but for him, being left in a coma, and it has had a very bad effect on his health, he says he is still very much suffering the effects of it and he expects that to continue. he wanted to say to the russian ambassador, this is the reality of this attack, and were you asa reality of this attack, and were you as a country responsible? you will probably not be surprised to hear, as they have done ever since the attack on the square piles, that russia has denied any involvement in this. —— on the skripals. the ambassador said he was open to answering any questions that charlie rowley had but he was saying that he had not had much information himself, the russian ambassador, from the british authorities, and he was almost saying charlie rowley should be asking the british authorities what actually happened. charlie rowley afterwards, really wasn't too impressed with what he heard from the ambassador, he said heard from the ambassador, he said he was pleased that he was actually invited in and got the chance to
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have the conversation but he felt that some of what he was hearing was simply what he called russian propaganda, he felt he was not given any decent explanation from the russian authorities. he said he was told by the russian ambassador, well, it wasn't russian novichok because if it had been, it would have killed far more people, seem to be the main explanation. and i think he left pretty unsatisfied. he has actually asked for a meeting with the russian president so we will have to see whether the russian ambassador will be able to bring that about. i'm not sure how reassuring it would have been to hear that argument! when your girlfriend has been killed, in what is an unlawful killing, it must be a difficult thing to hear. and that is why i think he said some of the justification is that he heard were quite ridiculous. rebelforces are
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advancing on tripoli and they are now reported to be within 15 miles. forces loyal to khalifa haftar are continuing their offensive. on the way towards tripoli, there've been heavy clashes with forces supporting the internationally recognised government. they are on the move with a purpose, to stop general khalifa haftar and his self—styled libyan national army, from taking tripoli, and they are fighting for the government. these trips have come from this writer which is still loyal to the internationally recognised administration. the foreign governments are not at all happy the situation. translation: i believe the people of libya have had enough of the violence approach has been going on for several years. what they want is to find a political way forward , they want is to find a political way forward, the proof of this is the great number of libyans who are registered to vote, they want the political process to win out over military rivalries and it is important for the global community to support this approach. however,
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general khalifa haftar does have the backing of the united arab emirates and egypt. fresh fighting has flared up and egypt. fresh fighting has flared up near tripoli with reports of clashes taking place in three suburbs to the south of the city. fighting is also said to have taken place near a disused airport in tripoli. it is unclear whether there are any casualties. since 2011 and the fall of colonel gaddafi, libya has experienced violence and division as various groups are trying to take control of the oil—rich country. based in tripoli is the national unity government led by the prime minister. condemned the advance of general khalifa haftar. translation: we have extended our hand to peace about the attack which took place from the forces of khalifa haftar and his declaration of waron our khalifa haftar and his declaration of war on our city and capital and his declaration of a coup d'etat, will be met with strength and power.
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general khalifa haftar and his self—styled libyan national army are based in the eastern city of benghazi. they now control the oil fields. the international community led by the - secretary—general has antonioni antonio gutierrez, has tried to intervene but ultimately failed in stopping the current crisis. it insists that a conference and possible new elections will still go ahead. however, un troops puzzle have been placed on high alert. palestinians have reacted with fury to a threat from the israeli prime minister to annex settlements. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said he will annex jewish settlements in the occupied west bank if he is re—elected. israelis go to the polls on tuesday and mr netanyahu is competing for votes with right—wing parties who support annexing part of the west bank. the settlements are illegal under international law, though israel disputes this. this is what mr
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netanyahu had to say. apologies, we can't bring you that extra ct apologies, we can't bring you that extract from the interview of mr netanyahu. extract from the interview of mr neta nyahu. but we extract from the interview of mr netanyahu. but we will bring it to you again in a subsequent hour. three uk children's commissioner is have asked the un to investigate the use of restraint in schools. government guidelines say teachers can use ‘reasonable force' to control children, but campaigners say restraint is often being used inappropriately. the government says it has consulted on reducing restraint, and will announce its next steps soon. an app that enables hand car wash users to report concerns over workers has received nearly 1,000 reports of potential human trafficking in the first five months. the safe car wash app was launched by the church of england's anti—slavery arm, the clewer initiative, and the catholic church last year, and users of the app have flagged up fearful workers, lack of protective clothing and workers living on site —
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just some of the signs people might be working in conditions of slavery. our reporter alex strangwayes booth has been following the story for us. so, the idea of the app is to try and map the extent of these car washes around the country and to kind of gauge how bad the levels of exploitation are in the car washes. the national crime agency has identified them as a place where exploitation is very likely, so what the church of england and the catholic church have done is to design this app which you download and if you get to a car wash and you have some concerns, you can open it up and it will ask you a series of questions like, did you pay cash in hand? did the workers appear fearful? did they appear to be living on site?
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were their children working? and if you answer enough of those questions, it will then prompt you to call the modern slavery helpline. the idea is then that the agencies involved can step in and report it to the local police. the other areas seen as problematic are agriculture, construction and also nail bars, i think the national crime agency and the gang masters and labour abuse authority have got their eye on nail bars as well. but i think the reason they saw this as a really effective way to start people thinking about the issue is because these car washes have become so prevalent in recent years. there didn't used to be as many as there are now. there didn't use to be as many as there are now. so, i think they're waiting to see how successful this app will be and then maybe looking at using a similar technology to log problems in other areas. kensington palace has disclosed that prince william has spent the past three weeks working with britain's three security and intelligence agencies. he described his experiences at m15, m16 and gchq as "humbling", and said he'd gained an appreciation
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of the difficult and dangerous work being done on the country's behalf. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. william has carried out his public engagements as normal in the past three weeks, but he's been keeping a secret. by day, he's been spending time inside the closed world this of britain's intelligence and security organisations. he had evidently been keen to see their work at first hand and, most unusually, the future king was permitted to spend time with the agencies normally closed to anyone from outside the secret world. he spent his first week at the headquarters of the secret intelligence service mi6, whose officers work covertly outside the united kingdom. inside their building by the thames in london, he saw how intelligence is analysed. his second week was spent just across the river with the security service m15, which leads on counterterrorism and counter espionage within the uk. according to kensington palace, he worked alongside counterterrorism teams and this included some time out of the office. it's suggested he may have seen some surveillance
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operations taking place. he then spent a final week with britain's electronic eavesdroppers at gchq in cheltenham. at all three organisations, william said he found people doing what he called the most extraordinary work to keep the country safe. it had been a truly humbling experience, he said. nicholas witchell, bbc news. in the last few seconds, cambridge have won the annual boat race. you can see james cracknell there, dare i say it, feeling all of his a6 yea rs. i say it, feeling all of his a6 years. he is comfortably the oldest not just years. he is comfortably the oldest notjust on this boat but the oldest competitor ever to have ta ken notjust on this boat but the oldest competitor ever to have taken part in the oxford cambridge boat race. so, despite the pain, there must be a quite sweet sense of achievement. so, cambridge are the winners of the 2019 varsity boat race. let's take a
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look at the weather prospects for the day ahead. darren bettjoins us. we have got some chilly weather on the way for next week, although today has not been particularly warm. this band of showers or longer spells of rain has been pushing in across the eastern side of england, heading towards wales and north—west england before up towards northern ireland later in the night. some brea ks ireland later in the night. some breaks in the cloud for the far south—west, a bit chilly here. and the cloud will be breaking up in scotland, which means it will be cold enough for a touch of frost. fog patches are slowly lifting tomorrow morning. we have got this zone of cloud and potential showers affecting either side of that band, we will find sunshine coming through, although it will still be a bit cloudy for eastern coasts.
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otherwise, some warmth in that sunshine. the headlines: theresa may has insisted she had to reach out to labour ina insisted she had to reach out to labour in a bid to deliver brexit at the risk of letting it slip through herfingers. labour's the risk of letting it slip through her fingers. labour's defended the risk of letting it slip through herfingers. labour's defended its handling of complaints about anti—semitism after it was reported the party failed to take disciplinary action with hundreds of cases. cambridge celebrating after its victory in the annual oxford cambridge boat race, despite having on board the oldest man to ever participate. commemorations in rwanda to mark 25 years since the genocide in which one tenth of the population died. charlie rowley, one of the people poisoned in last yea r‘s of the people poisoned in last year's suspected chemical attack by russia in salisbury, has met russian's ambassador in london to question him about what
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