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hello, this is bbc news with me, martine croxall. the headlines... theresa may has insisted that she had to reach out to the labour party in a bid to deliver brexit or risk "letting it slip through our fingers". this is bbc news. labour defended their handling the headlines at 7pm. the government insists that theresa may had to reach out of complaints about anti—semitism to labour in order to move forward with brexit. but it has angered some conservatives. working withjeremy corbyn is not after reports that it had failed something i want to do at all. to ta ke it is not something disciplinary action the prime minister wants to do. but far worse than that, would be in hundreds of cases. to fail to deliver on brexit. no confidence in carbon. the survivor of the novichok poisoning meets the russian labour defends its handling of ambassador but says he did not get complaints about anti—semitism after reports that the party failed any ambassador but says he did not get a ny a nswe i’s ambassador but says he did not get a ny a nswers to ambassador but says he did not get any answers to his questions. to take disciplinary action in fighting in libya between rebel forces under the army... survivor of no one bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. the novichok poisoning set to russian ambassador, but he says he a look at the main headlines. got no answers.
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watford come from two goals down cambridge beat oxford in both to reach the fa cup final for the first time in 35 years — the men's and women's races. beating wolves after extra—time at wembley. .. watford produced a stunning comeback arsenal's hopes of qualifying for the champions league next season to win the fa cup final in, their first in 35 years. good evening. 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 try to break the stalemate on getting the eu withdrawal agreement through parliament. labour says further talks are planned but that there hasn't been any movement on the government's so—called "red lines". here's our chief political correspondent, vicki young. if she had had her way, we would have left the eu nine days ago, but it is not going to plan for theresa may. another brexit deadline
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is approaching and there is little sign of a breakthrough in talks with labour. the prime minister says continuing to delay our departure could mean it doesn't happen at all. it would mean letting the brexit the british people voted for slip through ourfingers. i will not stand for that, she says. and the leader of the commons agrees. i just want to point out, we are out of time. we should have left on the 29th of march. andrea leadsom defended the decision to hold talks with the labour leader, saying it was something they were doing through gritted teeth. 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. that would be the appalling thing. we were quite clearly told by the people in 2016 to leave the eu, and every politician who went on the air said, what you decide, we will implement. those talks with labour look likely to continue in the coming days, but the party has complained that the government hasn't accepted its demand for a customs union.
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we are willing to be flexible, but we have to see the government move they are red lines first. move their red lines first. we have outlined our concerns and where we would like to get to, but equally, compromise works both ways, and we are not seeing any element of compromise from the government. we are hopeful that will change in the coming days, and we will certainly consider any proposals they put to us, if they come near to the objectives we are trying to achieve. parliament is making its voice heard on brexit, and all sides talk about compromise, but it is still not clear how a deal can be done. the arguments rage in westminster, but what do conservative voters in ripon thinks about cross—party talks? if she works with him, the chances are we will get somewhere instead of where we are now, just listening to it over and over again. ijust want the job done. if they can come to some compromise with the deal and actually agree,
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then i think that is all to the good. they should just come out of the eu, walk away without a deal. another brexit deadline looms, but the path towards the exit still has a few more twists and turns. and that deadline comes at the end of this week, the 12th of april. what is going to happen between now and then? the case here. that deadline is on the 12th of april. , unless things change between now and then. labour and conservatives are sending very positive these talks. we think they will continue, but there is the difference between sounding confident. it is toxic for either side to be doing a deal with the other, if you think about it from a conservative point of view, they have laid into jeremy conservative point of view, they have laid intojeremy corbyn. some have laid intojeremy corbyn. some have called him a danger to national security. here are theresa may trying to get his help for brexit. that is a problem for her party
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members and, for labour, if they are to do members and, for labour, if they are todoa members and, for labour, if they are to do a deal with the tories, it is unlikely to have a second referendum. that upset a lot of people injeremy corbyn‘s party. the idea of getting a deal, it looks pretty remote at the moment for both sides. we do know one thing for sure, the eu summit in wednesday is going to happen and theresa may is asked for a short delay to brexit, if you weeks and she will come forward but the plan, we are not sure what that will be, but she is asking for a short delay and it is com pletely asking for a short delay and it is completely up to those other eu 27 leaders. they will decide in the room, without her, what to do. some will think, what's the point, you're not want any thing sorted and along the lake and involves a lot of trouble. donald tusk said that there could be a flexible extension, up to a year? i suppose that would work for theresa may anyway, because then she can say to her own party, who really think she should have left nine days ago, she can say to them we got that extension, it means that
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we got that extension, it means that we do not leave without a deal on friday, but it does mean that if we can geta friday, but it does mean that if we can get a deal some kind, then we can get a deal some kind, then we can they possibly the 22nd of may. it maybe helps a little bit. she said she wanted talks with labour, and if they fail, she will make another plan, which is the series about to see a parliament is in favour of anything. we know what they are against... more indicative votes 7 they are against... more indicative votes? she had said they will be binding, not addictive. she says she will stick by those results of those but if labour does the same and she wa nts but if labour does the same and she wants the agreement from labour. we do not know what the would be on the table or what. .. the do not know what the would be on the table or what... the danger is that pilotjust table or what... the danger is that pilot just what is table or what... the danger is that pilotjust what is against everything again. there are lots of unknowns about that and about the timing. the eu are asking for a plan, in order to get the delay. there seems little chance of getting those boats go by wednesday. there usually a period where parliament does not set over easter, are they
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suspending their holidays? they have suspended next week. that has gone. the regatta as they are at the moment, but of course, mps think it may not be. that depends on what route theresa may goes down. a lot of the uncertainty is because the government is not in charge of this project any longer. it's up to the eu leaders to decide about the delay. parliament has shown that it will not accept a no deal it is even passing a law, which will probably become a law tomorrow, to force the prime minister to go and ask for a delay to brexit. it is pretty incredible stuff. theresa may has accepted that and that parliament show they have not going to accept a no deal scenario, much to the annoyance of men in her party. come thursday, if the gear leg eu have said it is our long delay, some will be saying we should leave without you bill on friday —— without a deal
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on friday labour has defended its handling of complaints about anti—semitism — after the sunday times reported that the party had failed to take disciplinary action in hundreds of cases. the newspaper claimed that complaints had been beset by delays, inaction and interference from the leader's office. this afternoon, at an annual general meeting, members of the jewish labour movement overwhelmingly passed a no confidence motion injeremy corbyn over his handling of anti—semitism within the party. speaking this morning, the shadow attorney general shami chakrabarti, urged the group not to "personalise the issue". 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. we need to take the same approach, by the way, when there are claims about the conservative party, not to go, "oh, the tories have got a problem with islamophobia now". we have 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 anti—racist need to come
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together and tackle it. earlier the national secretary of the jewish labour movement, peter mason, said jeremy 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 community, can the labour party and the labour party leadership really say that enough has been done?
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won't let us speak to justin won't let us speak tojustin cohen. hejoins us now. thank you won't let us speak tojustin cohen. he joins us now. thank you very much for joining he joins us now. thank you very much forjoining us. how significant is this a no—confidence motion?|j forjoining us. how significant is this a no-confidence motion? i think it is hard to overstate how significant it is. the fact that the onlyjewish affiliate of the labour party, which mixture is due to celebrate its 100th year, indian organisation which played a big... and the foundation of the labour party has taken the unprecedented step to stop hard to underestimate. how important is it thatjeremy corbyn has been singled out? we heard her say that this has become ina heard her say that this has become in a personal attack onjeremy corbyn? he is the leader of the labour party and he has personally
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said in the past that the buck stops with him. he said he will take personal responsivity. it is time for him to do that. it is time for all the mechanisms of the party to be brought up to a standard where they can tackle this issue. jenny carbon is not, though, responsible for disciplinary processes —— jeremy corbyn. how much responsibility then goes not to jeremy corbyn, corbyn. how much responsibility then goes not tojeremy corbyn, but corbyn. how much responsibility then goes not to jeremy corbyn, but to jennie formby? young like this has been a problem for the last three yea rs, been a problem for the last three years, it has been raised for more than a year now by thejewish community, by the leadership since they metjeremy corbyn and there was historic talks. they have asked him to ta ke historic talks. they have asked him to take are several steps to deal with this issue, seven key texts... steps. to bring an independence and
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bringing timescales. those things have not happened yet. jeremy corbyn, as i said, is the leader and the buck stops with him and it is important that he leads from the front, whether or not he is charged with dealing with in the digital disciplinary cases —— individual disciplinary cases —— individual disciplinary cases. they do not want the leadership to have an individual say in each case, but it's clear they have had in each leg some cases. whether or not that has become less in the last two months. the labour party has responded, saying thatjeremy corbyn under the party are fully in support of the jewish community. the seats complaint relates to not .1% of the membership about one anti—semite —— one anti—semite in the party is one
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too many. what they think should go too many. what they think should go to get on top of this once and for all? the steps need to take a very dramatic indeed. they hold that the labour party has dug itself into over the last three years, and further since those talks within the leadership, is great. the only way to deal with this is a true dramatic steps, like independence and transparency over disciplinary process to restore faith in that process. but also for cases like chris williamson, for those cases to be dealt with very quickly indeed. he has been there —— he has been a thorn in the relationship between labour and the jewish community for quite a while now and we have heard nothing about that process since he was suspended a few weeks back. one dramatic step that could be taken tomorrow morning would be to deal with it, or at least finance a timescale for dealing with it. justin cohen, from jewish news.
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thank you. charlie rowley — who survived last year's novichok poisoinings in wiltshire which killed his partner — says he "didn't really get any answers" after meeting the russian ambassador in london. mr rowley said he still believed russia was responsible for the attack — and he was fed russian propoganda during the meeting. simonjones reports. charlie rowley arrives at the embassy with one key question for the russian ambassador. did your country kill my partner? the 90 minute meeting set up by the sunday mirror newspaper nine months after the death of dawn stu rg ess. she was killed after coming into contact with a perfume bottle containing novichok, the same nerve agent used in an attack on the former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia. scotland yard says there is sufficient evidence to charge two russians, captured on cctv in salisbury, with conspiracy to murder. the ambassador insisted he was prepared to answer questions from charlie rowley and his brother but claimed once again russia was not behind the attack.
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reportedly saying if it had been russian novichok, it would have killed far more people. translation: they came with a request to know what is really happening. people just want to know the truth. they were not anti—russian. but charlie rowley said afterwards, i didn't really get any answers. ijust got russian propaganda. i liked the ambassador, but i thought some of what he said trying to justify russia not being responsible was ridiculous. russia may have seen this meeting as a coup in the war of words between moscow and london, but despite the smiles, charlie rowley left saying he still thought russia had carried out the attack. saying he still thought simon jones, bbc news. saying he still thought the saying he still thought headlines on bbc news. th! may the headlines on bbc news. theresa may insists that she had to reach out to labour to try to deliver brexit or risk letting it slip through ourfingers. brexit or risk letting it slip through our fingers. labour defends its handling of complaints against
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andy semitism attribute reported that —— over anti—semitism. in libya fighting between rebels and government forces 13 is the capital tripoli. un calls for a business —— un calls for a truce. a new law comes into force later this week, to deal with what the government calls terrorist safe havens. people travelling to places designated as such face up to ten years in jail if convicted of the new offence. june kelly our correspondent explains how it will work. ministers hear effectively want to put a travel ban on parts of the world that they believe is associated with the risk of terrorism. so in future if anyone goes to one of these designated areas and comes back to the uk, they face the prospect of being prosecuted and prosecutors would not have to show that that person was involved in fighting. this new legislation would apply to those returning from conflicts in iraq and
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syria —— this new legislation will not apply to those returning from conflicts in iraq and syria. but it has been inspired by those context will stop human rights organisations and charities have expressed concerns about the consequences of all this. the home office has said if you're an aid worker, or a journalist or you have some other reasonable excuse to be in one of these designated areas, then you will be ok to travel. and also, any designated area will have to have the approval of both houses of parliament. in libya, fighting is intensifying between rebel forces and those of the internationally recognised government, with reports of both sides using air strikes. more than 20 people are reported to have died in the clashes, and the un has called for an urgent truce. libya has been torn by violence since colonel gaddafi was deposed in 2011. dozens of militias operate there, linked either to the un backed government under prime minister fayez al—serraj,
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which has struggled to assert control,. or the rebel libyan national army, led by general khalifa haftar. since thursday, it's advanced on the capital tripoli, igniting fears of an all out war. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale has more. this is a battle fought largely by pick—up truck. makeshift armoured vehicles jamming the routes in and out of tripoli. these belong to militias loyal to the government of national accord that is backed by the united nations. they are rushing to defend the capital. a government spokesman insisted they had slowed the advance of rival forces from the east. translation: on this day, the libyan armed forces declare the launch of the operation volcano of anger to purge all libyan cities of aggressor and illegitimate forces. these are the aggressive forces he is talking about, from the so—called libyan national army, the loose
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alliance of armed groups that controlled much of the east and south of libya, here preparing for battle at their headquarters. today, as these forces continue to head west, there were clashes reported to the south of tripoli, particularly around the disused international airport. the un mission in libya made an urgent appeal for a truce to evacuate civilians. the government said 21 people had been killed and 27 wounded. some countries are now acting to protect their nationals. these unverified pictures appear to show the united states evacuating some of its forces by hovercraft. the fear of western governments is that if libya descends into full—blown civil war, the country could once again become a source of migration and extremism. the un is still hoping for political talks next week, but few expect
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the fighting to end soon. commemorations are taking place in rwanda on the 25th anniversary of the genocide in which 800,000 people we re the genocide in which 800,000 people were killed, a tenth of the entire population. the president, paul kagame, who led a rebel army which ended the fighting that a remembrance claim leg. paul kagame 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, 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 1994, there was no hope. only darkness. today, light radiates
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from this place. over 100 days in 1994, 800,000 men, women and children were murdered — 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. 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.
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a british woman has been arrested in dubai. laleh sharavesh faces a possible two years injail and a £50,000 fine after her ex husband's second wife complained about the comments. she was arrested, along with her teenage daughter, when she visited the kingdom to for her ex—husband's funeral last month. 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 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 has been spending time inside the closed world 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.
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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 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.
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london is just hours away from implimenting the world's first ultra low emmission zone. it'll effect every polluting vehicle coming into central london from motorbikes to lorries, and in a couple of years' time that charging zone will become over 10 times bigger. the change is a radical one, provoking strong feelings, as tom edwards reports. this is the clean air choir, organised by mums who support the new ultra low emissions zone. we need to think about what impact air pollution is having on our children just now. road transport is the major source of air pollution in an —— in london. major source of air pollution in an -- in london. this map shows the high levels of pollution in the roads. from tomorrow, all the more polluting cars will have to pay to enter central london with the
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worlds's first ultra low emissions zone. diesel vehicles overfour old as well will have to pay £12 50. motorbikes and hgvs will also have to comply. the best way to check if your vehicle is compliant is to go on to the tsl vehicle checker stop —— the on to the tsl vehicle checker stop -- the tfl on to the tsl vehicle checker stop —— the tfl vehicle checker. it will later expand to take in thousands more vehicles. the impact of expanding it is really not worth the effort of putting it in. it is a first step, but it is a tiny bit of london. it needs to be much, much bigger and it needs to go beyond the north and south circular. no one should be left out of the cleaners. net the mayor said his scheme was
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necessary. we had children in the put parts of london who are suffering with permanently undeveloped land and it is the poorest families that only few scars who will be helped with these policies. it is a crucial step forward including up money's air, say supporters. the duchess of cartmel is attending the olivier awards. —— the olivia the ceremony is taking place at the royal albert hall. camilla is set to present matthew bourne — the choreographer behind an iconic production of swan lake — with a lifetime achievement award. our reporter thomas magill has been on the red carpet speaking to nominees at the star—studded olivier awards, including actress gillian anderson it is so wonderful to be nominated because if you're not nominated you say, it doesn't matter, doesn't matter... until you are not nominated until
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you realise how much it really does matter. it is really wonderful to be nominated. you are up against quite a lot of really good pedigree, that might feel like you're all winners? yes, everybody in that room is a winner. and monica who is in the play with me is also nominated and i am very excited for her. she is very fantastic. the play was absolutely phenomenal in the west end, what was it like to be part of that? we are still right in the middle of it. it has been a fantastic experience. mostly because of the cast. it is such an extraordinary group of people and ijust feel very honoured everyday to work with them and they have made it fun. it's just really fun and the audiences seem be really entertained and we get a really good response and margo channing's incredibly fun to play. what more could you ask for? now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith—lucas.
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for most of the country it was a pretty great story. this was a picture taken in your early dawn. we see a fairly cloudy picture in many places, protect later in the south—east of england, midlands and wales. some of those showers pushing into northern ireland too. to the north, north—east england, a few clear spells, but also some mist and claw lock—out. a touch of frost across at the rural parts of scotla nd across at the rural parts of scotland possibly, but most of us will be frost—free. just the threat ofa will be frost—free. just the threat of a few showers are for the aisles of a few showers are for the aisles of scilly. more sunshine to the north and temperatures of ten to a0 degrees. we could see 17 any brighter spells in the south.
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