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hello, i'm ros atkins, this is 0utside source. this is bbc news. the uk is scheduled to leave the the headlines at 8pm: european union in four days but the internet sites carrying harmful prime minister is working hard to content like images of child abuse and terrorist propaganda, getan prime minister is working hard to could be blocked orfined, get an extension. under new government rules. the prime minister is preparing to go to berlin and paris to meet the french and german leaders while talks with the opposition the father of 14—year—old labour party continue. molly russell, who took her own life websites carrying harmful after viewing harmful images online, content could be blocked says the proposals are a step and and their managers fined under in the right direction. new uk government plans to end self regulation. if there's a comfort, it's in that hearing molly's story, might have prevented we will update you on that. libya is witnessing fierce fighting in and around its capital tripoli — other such tragedies. we'll hear why that's escalated now. # the eu gives us global and we're in tel aviv on the eve trade of israel's general election, # global trade # the eu gives us global trade as prime minister netanyahu fights for his political life. # global trade she talks who will have the final say? cross—party brexit talks resume this evening, withjeremy corbyn saying there's no sign of compromise from theresa may. we're prepared to talk and put forward our views.
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but talks have to mean a movement. and, so far, there's been no change in those red lines. drivers of older, dirtier vehicles are now having to pay more to go into central london, as a new pollution charge comes into force. (singing) and the home video that's a piece of music history. good evening. social media firms and internet sites, which carry child abuse images or terrorist propaganda could be fined and have content blocked, under new laws being proposed by the government. ministers want to set up an independent watchdog which will draw up a "code of practice" for tech companies and senior managers could be held criminally responsible for any breaches. critics argue the proposals
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threaten freedom of speech. our media editor, amol rajan, reports. mairead perry was manipulated into sending sexual pictures of herself as a child. she was approached on facebook by two local men in rural north wales. what followed was an increasingly common feature of 21st—century life. online grooming. at the time, i never realised it was grooming. so, i didn't need any emotional support. it was pretty much normalised. a lot of my friends at school were doing the same thing and so for us it wasn't traumatising, it wasn't scary, it was simply normal and we were excited at the prospect of having an older boyfriend. and that's what really terrifies me. eight years on, mairead met with culture secretaryjeremy wright to help shape britain's historic and ambitious proposals to tackle online harm. these include a code of practice for social media firms. heavy fines if material is left online for too long. and potential criminal liability for directors of companies at fault. the signature item is a dedicated regulatorfor the web,
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though whether that would just be part of an existing regulator remains unclear. and we cannot allow the leaders of some of the tech companies to simply look the other way. the new rules are exceptionally wide in scope and care will be needed to ensure they don't penalise smaller firms, who can't afford big legal fees. applause politicians across the globe and here in britain are lining up to bring the internet to heel. the trouble is there is no template for this stuff. a lot of the intellectual heavy lifting still needs to be done and creating a new regulator requires primary legislation and years of graft. so the problems might be deep, wide, and urgent, but don't expect big changes tomorrow. those charged with protecting vulnerable children say this cannot come soon enough. well, the internet companies will fight against this every step of the way. it's really important that the government keeps its nerve and holds them to account to protect the children on its platform. cabinet ministers claim britain will have the toughest internet laws in the world. that's an exaggeration.
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the likes of turkey, china and dubai are much tougher. but britain has sought inspiration from germany, whose use of hate speech laws to curb online excess has been tentatively hailed as a success, in the past year. censorship is always bad, even in unfree societies. and it's the task and the responsibility of governments to maintain freedom of speech. but it's also the task of governments to stop using free speech if it violates other people. the changes came too late for miss perry, but tougher sanctions on tech companies could prevent future grooming cases. what do you think happened to those pictures? i have absolutely no idea, in all honesty, what happened to them. the thought of that living out there, it could be anywhere right now. it could be circulating round in groups of groomers, you know. anything could have happened to it. it's terrifying knowing this is happening pretty much on a daily basis to loads of different people.
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it's child pornography, but it's so easy for them to get it. amol rajan, bbc news. well, the case of molly russell, the iii—year—old, who took her own life after viewing self—harm images on instagram, focused attention on the kind of material available on social media sites. molly's father, ian, says instagram was partly to blame for his daughter's death. our correspondent, angus crawford, who was the first to report on this story, has been speaking to him, about the proposed new safeguards. i think the white paper is a very important step to making the internet a safer place. the era of self—regulation, quite patently, hasn't worked, because there's horrible content that's been available online, that's now well known about. and so, it's a necessary step in order to make the internet a better place, a safer place, particularly for young and vulnerable people. but it is only a step. it's really important not to erode free speech, to allow freedom of expression.
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one of the reasons the internet is a marvellous place is you can find whatever you want on it, and when that is a positive thing it's brilliant. do you have faith that the tech companies will actually stand up, listen and do what the future regulations will tell them to do? i think after what we've been through, and sadly so many other families go through, the urgency is huge. the statistics say that something like, shockingly, four school age children in the uk end their lives every week. end their lives, every week. so, every week that passes, you just have this sense of other tragedies mounting up. so, it has to happen, something has to happen as quickly as possible in order to help prevent those tragedies happening. what is it that keeps you going, talking about this,
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talking about molly, raising this issue in public? i think the reason that we are so determined to help make a difference and to help young people and make the internet a safer place, is simply because we don't want other people to go through what we've done as a family, because it's just such a horrible journey. perhaps, most of all, it's to help young people with problems communicate to someone, to anyone, to speak out, to have that courage, so that they don't have to face those fears alone, and hopefully they can overcome their fears and their problems and go on to live long and happy lives. ian russell, speaking to angus crawford. cross—party talks on brexit have resumed this evening, in a bid to avoid the uk leaving the eu without a deal on friday.
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the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has, tonight, said there has been no change on the government's red lines — the things they aren't willing to compromise on. house of commons leader andrea leadsom has set out plans to hold a 90—minute debate tomorrow on the prime minister's request for a delay to brexit, in order to comply with legislation expected to be passed into law. it comes as theresa may prepares to meet both the german chancellor and the french president tomorrow, ahead of the crunch european council summit on wednesday, where another delay to britain's departure date will be discussed. our political editor laura kuenssberg has more. a mood for compromise might just trickle through — sombre and slow, after all the shouting. could the government really, though, do a deal with the other side? we don't have a majority in parliament, so we have to look to other parties to seek agreement that will allow us to get brexit over the line in parliament, as the law requires. you can't go into any of those discussions with big red lines, because otherwise there's no
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point having them. given the prime minister has tried to hang onto them for so long, the man who wants to replace her in number ten might take some convincing. the latest offer to the labour tribe, welcoming a new mp today, has not accepted, yet, jeremy corbyn‘s plan for a customs union — a closer trading relationship with the eu than theresa may's negotiated. but sources who've seen the document say it points to that kind of deal being possible — but only in future. we're prepared to talk and put forward our views, but talks have to mean a movement — and, so far, there's been no change in those red lines. but if rushing to a customs deal with labour makes sense now, why has theresa may avoided it for so long? the answer is in the reluctance on her own side. she's always promised she wouldn't take that step. can she win round the cabinet now? are you going to stay in the customs union?
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the trade secretary liam fox isn't the only one who would say no. even though, as ever, there are other members of the government who completely disagree. will you move on a customs union, minister? who would try many doors to find a way out of all of this. confusing, wrong car. the talks between the tories and labour are genuine. both sides want to know if they can find a deal together to get through that place. but they wonder, separately, if the other side is serious, and they're a long way from a full—blown partnership. these are nervous first dates between the two. so again, this week, eu leaders will discuss delay. we're open to extending the deadline to allow time for these discussions to run their course and come to a conclusion. # the eu lets us live in peace # let's remain #. there is a tiny chance this week the whole process could explode, but while labour and the tories are still talking, the show is just
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about still on the road. but delay — not decision — is still the chorus. let's go to our political correspondent alex forsyth who is in westminster. alex, they are talking, now, any white smoke? not so far but that is not the expectation of tonight's stages. conversations are going between officials between the labour party and conservative party, these are not ministerial talks, no significant decisions will be made. but rather probing where there may be common ground. as laura alluded to in her report, the sticking point remains is what the uk's future relationship with the eu will be if an exit deal is agreed. labour pushing for a customs union and so far, theresa may has been fairly resista nt far, theresa may has been fairly resistant because not least she is under pressure from her own party, there was a delegation of senior conservative backbench mps in downing street today warning against
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that idea. we are told, repeatedly, by number ten that nothing is off the table, this is about discussion and compromise on both sides. but so far, as you have from german company doesn't seem as if the government has moved according to him on significant red lines —— as you have heard from jeremy corbyn. white smoke not quite yet. these talks, are they... have i got this right? are these talks, basically, what is stopping us leaving the european union on friday without a deal? well, no, there's several elements to this. the conversations are ongoing, because the government and jeremy corbyn have said they want to reach a deal, they want the uk to leave and in what they call an orderly fashion with an exit agreement for things like citizens' rights, financial set settlement and what would happen on the end of the day when we left. meanwhile, parliament has made clear through a series of votes that it would not support the uk leaving without a deal, there is not a majority in
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parliament for that. mps have pushed through a piece of legislation which is currently being discussed in the house of lords, which would force the prime minister to seek an extension to this whole process, to stop the uk from leaving without a deal. that is what the prime minister is doing, knowing that parliament has got her back to the wall on that front. the other conversation she is having with european leaders, quite separate to the discussion with labour about whether they can agree a deal, is about whether or not the uk can extend this process to give the prime minister more time, more chance, of trying to get a was ‘s backing for some sort of negotiated exit. but isn't an agreement between labour and the conservatives the conservatives the only thing that potentially could convince the other eu 27 that it's worth giving britain a delay in brexit? and if there is no deal between labour and the conservatives, then the default position to leave with the european union, on friday, with no deal. remember, this is another delay. that's right. the second time the prime minister has gone to the eu to
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request an extension to the process and eu leaders have consistently said, perhaps even more forcefully this time round, if there is another delay to this process, they want to know what it is for. the ambition within number ten is that they can go to brussels on wednesday, theresa may, and say to the eu leaders that there is a chance, at least, of a consensus with labour. i think they wa nt consensus with labour. i think they want enough positive noises coming out of those conversations that they say consensus is out of those conversations that they say consensus is within our grasp and therefore, it is worth delaying this process again. bear in mind, eu leaders have said they don't want the uk to leave without a deal, because, of course, that would be disruptive to their own countries and economies. that is the aim. convincing eu leaders that there is a plan to reach some sort of compromise. if things fall through with labour, the government's back—up plan is to go back with other options to parliament to agree on one. they failed to do that twice in the past but number ten thinks they can whittle it down if there is
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time pressure. the big question is whether the eu will agree to a big extension. if they do, how long and what conditions there may be attached. cheers, alex, thanks. what will the front pages make of the latest brexit shenanigans? we'll give you a heads up tonight at 10:40 and 11:30 tonight. my guests on the papers will be anna isaac from the daily telegraph and broadcaster david davies. it should be good, stay with us for that. the headlines on bbc news... tech giants are facing a new system of regulation, under government plans, to clamp down on harmful content online. cross—party brexit talks resume this evening, butjeremy corbyn says there's no sign of a compromise so far. a new pollution charge begins in london — drivers of older, dirtier vehicles are paying more to drive in the centre of the capital.
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sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's hugh. chelsea have the chance to go third in the premier league this evening. after aresnal‘s defeat at everton the fight for the last two champions league spots is heating up. it is still goalless. scotland's women are playing tonight as they continue their preparations for the world cup this summer. they're taking on brazil in a friendly tonight in spain. and they taken the lead in the first half over in murcia thanks to this goalfrom kim little. scotland begin their world cup campaign aginst england injune. the game continues and these are the live pictures being enjoyed by viewers on bbc alba. just over half an hourto go. viewers on bbc alba. just over half an hour to go. pretty impressive scalp if scotland got a win over
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brazil this evening. raheem sterling claims he wouldn't walk off the pitch because of racist abuse during a match, insisting that would "let them win." the manchester city forward has been vocal in speaking out about the racism towards black players in football. and there were a number of new incidents over the weekend. but he says scoring and winning would hurt racists more. sterling's said today ‘i'm black and i'm proud'... but insists he doesn't see himself as a trailblazer in tackling the issue. this has been something that has i was born. i can only speak of events that have happened to me and people around me. that's as much as i can do, raise awareness. i'm not trying to be someone that tries to lead or something like that. i canjust raise awareness and it's for people in higher places to do theirjob. a hibernian fan has beenjailed for 100 days for confronting rangers captain james tavernier at the side of the pitch at hibs'
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easter road stadium at the weekend. cameron mack pleaded guilty to breach of the peace for the incident last month at edinburgh sheriff court. the 22—year—old has also been banned from attending any matches in scotland for ten years. former england rugby union international christian wade is a step closer to playing in the nfl after signing for the buffalo bills. wade quit premiership side wasps in october to join the nfl's international pathway program, which offers players from outside of the us a route into the league. he'll now attempt to make the bills' final 53 man roster for the 2019 season. it's a massive step. like, i've been through so much, just to get to this stage. and i'm just over the moon. and, definitely a lot of emotions. i haven't had enough time to process it yet but it's really huge for me and i'm really excited for the next step. barry middleton has retired from international hockey sixteen years after making his
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debut for england. he's great britain and england hockey's most capped player, with 432 appearances and 119 goals. he played in four olympic games, and as many world cups and commonwealth games. he was in the team thatjust missed out on 0lympic bronze in 2012 but did claim commonwelath bronze last year. it's been amazing for me to play hockeyin it's been amazing for me to play hockey in so many places, make so many friends and go to tournaments. i think if you're going to have to pick a couple out, it's obviously winning something was massive for us asa winning something was massive for us as a country in that group that did that in 2009, that was a special feeling. and, for me, london and the hague world cup that we have were both really special because they we re both really special because they were home tournaments for me. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. keep up—to—date with all the football at stamford bridge and in
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murcia as well. much more at 10:30pm. back to you. a fatal accident inquiry has opened into why a police helicopter crashed into a busy pub in glasgow in november 2013, killing ten people. the helicopter came down onto the roof of the clutha bar. the pilot, two crew members and seven people in the pub died. 0ur scotland editor, sarah smith, reports from glasgow. this was a shocking event that stunned a city — when a police helicopterfell out of a friday night sky onto the roof of a packed pub, killing everyone on board and some of those who were inside. the bar has reopened, and ian 0'prey comes back to the place his son mark died with questions about what happened to him after the crash. he wouldn't have survived, anyway, but he lay there for at least two and a half hours. i mean, perhaps he could have been
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removed, they were obviously walking over him to get to the other victims, because he was at the door. it took until sunday morning to get him out eventually. all rise. today, an inquiry into the circumstances of the accident began with a tribute to the victims. before the evidence commences, it is fitting that we pause and remember those who died as a result of the accident on the 29th of november 2013. would those of you who are able to, please stand now and observe a minute's silence. in all, ten people died that night in 2013 — including the helicopter pilot, two police officers on board, and seven people who were inside the pub listening to live music. for bereaved relatives, it has been a long wait — five and a half years to try and get some answers about what happened here.
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today, that process began, with eyewitnesses describing hearing the helicopter‘s engine sputtering in the sky before it fell onto the roof of the clutha bar. siren. there was a thud on the roof, and then the whole roof came crashing in. very quickly, the pub went dark — very, very dark, very black. mary kavanagh was inside the pub that night with her partner robertjenkins. she managed to get outside — he didn't. are there specific questions you're hoping to find the answers to? no, there's just one question i want to find the answer to, and that's why i walked into a pub one night with my partner and walked out and never saw him again. you know, that's basically it. the fatal accident inquiry will now try to find out why the helicopter crashed and will make recommendations to try and prevent another similar tragedy. sarah smith, bbc news, glasgow.
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from today, there'll be a new charge for vehicles entering inner london. it's all part of plans to reduce pollution in the capital. the ultra low emission zone is currently focused on central london, but is set to expand by 2021. several other cities across england are also planning clean air zones — though the details will differ. drivers of older, more polluting vehicles will be charged to enter the congestion zone in the capital at any time of day or night. it'll cost £12.50 each time — and those who don't pay, could face a fine of £160. it's thought around 40,000 vehicles will be affected by the new charges every day. 0ur science editor david shukman is in central london. a primary school in central london with a new green wall that's meant to trap air pollution. children living in the most polluted areas grow up with reduced lung capacity. they're aware of the problems.
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it's bad quality air, and it's really bad for our lungs. when i hear, like, buses and cars and trucks going by, ijust think, "they don't know how much pollution they are causing." so many suffer from asthma here there is a special rack for the inhalers. lots of our kids take inhalers before they come to school. they take them at the gates. they keep their asthma pumps on them during the day and will have extra medication if they need it, but we are hoping to see with the ulez there is a reduction in that. the new zone will apply around—the—clock. petrol cars and vans from before 2005 and diesel cars and vans before 2015 will pay £12.50 a day. buses and trucks will pay £100. people living inside the zone have until 2021 to upgrade their cars.
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black cabs are exempt. though can't be more than 15 years old. louis runs a van rental business. he says the zone will hurt him and many others. a mile up the road is the congestion charge zone, which is going to be the ultra low emission zone. it's £12.50 a daily charge for driving this vehicle in, and that's a lot of money. that's a lot of money to pooer people and a lot of money to small businesses. scientists say there's more and more evidence that air pollution can harm our health. and although traffic isn't the only cause, the hope is that reducing the number of vehicles coming into the centre will cut the pollution by nearly half. and, of course, it isn'tjust london where there's a problem. birmingham is planning to charge drivers next year. similar schemes will follow in leeds, glasgow, greater manchester and others.
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it's a move that many drivers disagree with drivers disagree with but now it's set to spread. we can't look back in 20 years' time and say, "well, we protected the rights of drivers, we protected the rights of businesses to drive big vehicles around, and it's a bit of a shame but some people have died about it." you know, you can't have it both ways. only on the worst days can you actually see air pollution hanging in the air. but the damage can be done by gases and particles that are invisible. the hope is that the new zone will quickly make a difference. david shukman, bbc news. lucy sadler runs urban access regulations, a european—wide website on low emission zones and congestion charges. she led the london mayor's air quality strategy development and implementation from 2000 to 2005, and shejoins us now from freiburg in germany. thank you for being with us. what do you make of ultra low emission zone? does it conform to what you thought about when you were advising the
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mayor back in the early noughties? yes. it's... mayor back in the early noughties? yes. it's. .. we mayor back in the early noughties? yes. it's... we started by mayor back in the early noughties? yes. it's. .. we started by moving forward gradually and gave people as much notice as possible. and then gradually increasing it to help improve the air quality in london. it's something not many people disagree about, that london air quality is not the best. no. but the hope from the government... from the local authority and sadiq khan, the mayor, is that more people will upgrade their vehicles, rather than just keep paying the fine. the london scheme... when people ask me about best practice for low emission zones is i give london as an example. if you are coming twice a year, it is not worth you scrapping
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the vehicle. you might choose to pay the vehicle. you might choose to pay the fee. but if you come in every day, these are the vehicles that are polluting the streets every day and it's important these vehicles are as clea n it's important these vehicles are as clean as possible. it is unlike a city to say we don't want your money, but in this case they would prefer you to be clean than pay. one criticism is that this is being done ona criticism is that this is being done on a city basis. it is london today, it could be livable, it could be birmingham in the future. but there needs to be a much wider roll—out from central government. —— it could be liverpool. do you agree with that? in the uk, there is a clean airzone that? in the uk, there is a clean air zone framework. apart from london, there are a number of bus low emission zones in the uk that affect public buses and the other low emission zones are clean air zones and that has a set emission standard. so, the cities can choose
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the exact cost. but the framework is the exact cost. but the framework is the same. it is being rolled out in a framework, so you can't have one city doing something completely different to the other. what is different to the other. what is different is that increasing cities are doing zero emission zone, 0xford is looking at doing that, there are some in london. they are different. at low emission zones in europe... around the uk remain on the same framework with the exception of london, which has the same emissions standard. there is an overall framework, but is it up to the individual cities to opt in? yes and no. but that's the problem. isn't the point that they have to opt in, and, asa the point that they have to opt in, and, as a result, essential government ran the whole thing, it would make more sense? many of the cities are required to join would make more sense? many of the cities are required tojoin in, because the law set down the cities have tojoin. and it's been amended to say more cities need to join. there are air quality standards in
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the uk that say these are the standards to protect health. and if cities don't meet those standards, they are legally required to take measures to work towards those standards. it's not every city, but every city... every city has to assess its air quality. if the air quality doesn't meet these health standards, they need to do an action plan. if they can meet the air—quality standards without a low emissions zone or a clean air zone, fine. if they can't... 0ften emissions zone or a clean air zone, fine. if they can't... often a clean airzone fine. if they can't... often a clean air zone won't be a magic wand, or a low emission zone, that won't improve it overnight, but usually, it is the biggest single measure you can do from a city's point of view, which is why cities are doing that. in the uk, they are doing that with... a lead time. other cities elsewhere, in germany, for example, who haven't been taking these steps gradually have had the courts they do it by next month.
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it's doing it gradually, phased, planned is much better than not doing something and then suddenly having to be doing something much quicker without as much warning. how then does this ultra low emission zonein then does this ultra low emission zone in london compared to other schemes you've seen around europe? is one of the best practised ones because they tried to let people know about it, they phase it, if you only want to go in three times a year, it's not worth it, you can pay the charge. in 0slo in norway, they are increasingly having traffic free areas in the city and what a zero emission zone. madrid has got a zero emissions zone in the centre of the
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city where residents will increasingly have to have such dirty vehicles as well but anyone who is not a resident will have to have zero emissions and more and more areas are saying they will have to —— are saying they will implement more zero emission zones in future. there is already a small one in london. some cities are saying, we're not going to do something planned, we are going to tomorrow's pollution, there are different ways of doing it, london is one of the more strict ones. and probably one of the more better ones as result. thanks forjoining us. lucy speaking to us from germany who runs a european wide website that looks at emission zones and congestion charges.
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14 people have agreed to plead guilty to participating in what prosecutors are calling the largest college admissions scam in us history. the actress felicity huffman is one of those who has pleaded guilty. she is among 50 people who are accused by prosecutors in boston of engaging in schemes that involved cheating on college entrance exams and paying $25 million in bribes to secure their children's admissions at well—known universities. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello, there. the temperature was as high as 20 degrees today in the sunshine but the next few days will be much colder. we've still got this zone of cloud and showery rain affecting wales, perhaps parts of the midlands, towards the south—east of england. that is sinking its way further south overnight. clearer skies to the north, maybe one or two mist and fog patches, nothing too widespread. and we'll see temperatures down to about 4 degrees or so, maybe a touch lower into rural parts of scotland. so a bit of a chilly start. but this rain, though, here,
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still affecting parts of wales, toward southern england. it's drifting further south. there could be one or two heavy showers from that. 0therwise, dry day, plenty of sunshine around, a much sunnier day for the north—east of england, but still on the cold side. and a significant drop in temperature across east anglia, where we have those high temperatures but also across western scotland, where it's 17 degrees earlier on today. that rain should have cleared away from southernmost parts of england and south wales by wednesday, so we're all in pretty much the same boat, dry with sunny spells, but rather chilly. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: internet sites carrying harmful content such as images of child abuse and terrorist propaganda could be blocked orfined under new government plans. the father of 14—year—old molly russell, who took her own life after viewing harmful images online, said the plans were a step in the right direction.
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if there's a comfort, it's in that hearing molly's story, might have prevented other such tragedies. who will have the final say? cross—party brexit talks resume this evening — jeremy corbyn says there's no sign of a compromise so far. we're prepared to talk and put forward our views. but talks have to mean a movement. and, so far, there's been no change in those red lines. drivers of older, dirtier vehicles will pay more to go into central london as a new pollution charge begins. and the home video that's a piece of music history.
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let's return to brexit — cross—party talks have resumed this evening, in a bid to avoid the uk leaving the eu without a deal on friday. theresa may is to travel to berlin and paris tomorrow, to seek backing for a further extension to brexit from the german chancellor, angela merkel, and france's president macron. the prime minister will meet the two leaders ahead of an eu summit on wednesday. this evening, labour leader jeremy corbyn said the government "doesn't seem to moving off its original redlines" in the cross—party discussions. we've entered the talks in good faith and we've had a lot of discussions with the prime minister and with other ministers and indeed we had long a meeting on thursday and another one tomorrow. the problem is that the government doesn't seem to be moving off the original red lines. i've put the case forward for a customs union with the european union, for market access and particularly for protection of rights for consumers, the environment and those at work and those have to be dynamic and
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guaranteed in the future. so far we haven't had those undertakings. but last week it was no change. it seems they are willing to move on the political declaration now, is that not progress? i've noticed they are prepared to reconsider parts of the poetical declaration and that, of course, is interesting but they haven't said in what way —— political declaration. they haven't said in what way, a political declaration will be and our discussions tomorrow but i have asked the shadow cabinet to attend the talks and tomorrow our team will be there as we had a team there last week and the shadow cabinet at a special meeting today, a very congenial meeting. i reported on the talks, full support for the process we are doing and we are obviously looking for movement because we do not want to see a crashing out of the eu with no deal because of the problems that would create four supply chains and manufacturing industry as well as all the other
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problems in day—to—day communication with europe, we have to avoid that. the house will be voting tonight on the private members bill that yvette cooper put forward which will hopefully become law late tonight to prevent a crashing out. do you recognise your responsibility and potentially helping the prime minister put forward a united case to extend to the eu 27 on the issue is recognising a referendum took place, the result of it, but also recognising this possibility of parliament to make sure there is no crashing out of the eu and that has been our position all along. ivor was been prepared to talk on behalf of the labour party on what our position is and it is what i set out to you, a customs union, market access, protection of rights. do you think there is any circumstance in which we might leave with no deal?” sincerely hope that we can put on one side the whole concept of leaving without a deal. that does
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mean that parliament has got to come toa mean that parliament has got to come to a decision or the eu has got to agree on an appropriate period of extension. do you think i could be longer than june 30 like extension. do you think i could be longer thanjune 30 like the prime minister has indicated? —— do you think that could be longer? will have to wait and see, the issues are complex because it would involve taking part in european elections which the government is not keen on doing. 0ur priority is to prevent crashing out with no deal and to ensure that we don't become, in the longer run, some kind of deregulated country on the shores of europe that is undermining of the principles of an interventionist economy. at the government is serious in their negotiations and talks with you? —— are the government serious? the meetings are very long with a great deal of detail gone into by both parties. we have people that have been on this case for several years so they are very well accustomed to it all. we've gone into it because
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the government last exceeded its request i made last september, we are prepared to talk and put forward our views, but talks have to mean a movement and so far there has been no change in those red lines. a man is facing jail after he admitted planning a bomb attack on a mosque in south london. 41—year—old steven bishop admitted buying fireworks and possessing instructions on how to make explosives at kingston crown court. it's believed he was planning to attack morden mosque before his home was raided last year. he will be sentenced on wednesday. the chief executive of the company which owns british gas received a 44% pay rise last year, despite the company issuing a profit warning. it means that iain conn, who runs centrica and is paid £2.4 million, receives 72 times the salary of some of his employees. the daughter of a british woman arrested in dubai over facebook
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posts in which she branded her ex—husband's new wife a "horse" has appealed for her return. laleh shahravesh, who's from london, is due in court on thursday and faces two years in jail under dubai's defamation and cyber crime laws. the foreign office is in contact with laleh shahravesh's family and authorities in the uae. richard lister reports. laleh shahravesh returned from dubai with her daughter three years ago, expecting her husband pedro to follow. but he divorced her and ms shahravesh discovered on facebook that he had a new wife. furious, she posted, "you married a horse, you idiot." pedro died last month, but when ms shahravesh arrived in dubai for the funeral, she was taken into custody, accused of breaking the uae‘s strict laws on social media abuse. she will appear in court on thursday. her emotional state is really, really terrible. and i have spoken to her daughter, her sisters and mother.
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the whole family is suffering tremendously as a result of this. the foreign office is in contact with the authorities in the uae about this case and says it is supporting the family. its travel advice on the country does warn about the dangers of criticising people in the uae online and says there can be serious penalties there for things which are not illegal in the uk. british academic matthew hedges was doing research in dubai when he was jailed for espionage. the foreign office helped secure his release last year and hopes it can do the same for ms shahravesh. 0ur diplomats in the uae have enormous experience in dealing with consular cases, as we saw from the matthew hedges case. and so she is getting the best possible service from the fca. her facebook insult could cost her two years in prison. she has told her lawyer she is terrified.
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joining me now is david haigh, a human rights lawyer that works for detained international. it's good to see you. just explain to me by calling someone a horse is punishable with two years in prison. the uae has a strict cybercrime laws which are very, very arbitrary and it's easy to accuse someone of something and very much a rest now, investigate later, and that is what has happened in this case. investigate later, and that is what has happened in this casem investigate later, and that is what has happened in this case. it is a place that is a huge holiday destination for british tourists. do you think enough of the british public understand that these laws are on the books? every week, there is another story about something unthinkable happening in dubai whether it's a princess that has been kidnapped, whether it's a brit that had a drink on a plane and has been arrested or whether it's a
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mother who posted something on facebook and who is facing a two—year jail sentence. facebook and who is facing a two-yearjail sentence. you had your own run—in with the authorities in dubai, didn't you? i spent 22 months in jail, dubai, didn't you? i spent 22 months injail, five months of that dubai, didn't you? i spent 22 months in jail, five months of that was fought social media posts, something that in my case was impossible for me to do and after five months in jailfor me to do and after five months in jail for that, me to do and after five months in jailfor that, after me to do and after five months in jail for that, after seven court hearings, i was finally acquitted and asi hearings, i was finally acquitted and as i said, it's very much point and as i said, it's very much point and accuse and then investigate later and that's very much the problem, you got a city whose laws have not kept up with the pace of development. it does seem unthinkable that this woman will be given that kind of sentence though. i think it's unlikely. the cybercrime laws were introduced after the arab spring. dubai is essentially a dictatorship but one with a good pr firm and they essentially introduced these to
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clamp down on dissidents and they abused them against human rights defenders like mansoor who is currently on hunger strike there so they don't just use currently on hunger strike there so they don'tjust use them for expats and tourists, they use them against their own citizens. are there other laws on the statute books of the uae that might raise eyebrows to others outside of the country?” that might raise eyebrows to others outside of the country? i think there are many. doctor ellie holman was on a train, plane, had one drink, given to her by emirates. the minute she got off the plane, unless she has an alcohol licence which tourists don't have, you are committing an offence, so there are many, committing an offence, so there are any committing an offence, so there are many, many silly laws into dubai that people are not aware of and which the foreign office really needs to reconsider their travel warnings. is the government doing enough to get that message across?” think it's very difficult in the uae because it markets itself as something that it really isn't, it
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isa something that it really isn't, it is a very strict muslim country with strict laws and the marketing of it is something different. you almost come to think it's something like a ibiza in the middle east, it is not. ministers should consider banning the use of 5g technology made by huawei in westminster and other sensitive areas, according to a government cyber—security official. the technical director of the national cyber security centre, told bbc panorama that "shoddy" engineering makes the chinese firm's products more likely to be vulnerable to attack. huwei says it will soon reveal plans to tackle the problem. a teenage boy has been taken to hospital with a leg injury after part of a fairground ride on brighton palace pier came loose. three other people were reportedly injured when part of the air race ride detached. the chief executive of the pier said they have contacted the manufacturer of the ride to find
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out what happened. the health and safety executive is also investigating the incident. a campaign's starting today to highlight what to do if you need to make a 999 call on a mobile, but you're too frightened or unable to speak to the operator. the silent solution campaign encourages mobile callers to press 55 to let police know they're in a genuine emergency. peter cooke reports. just one of the 20,000 silent calls made to 999 in the uk every day. but many callers using a mobile are unaware of a system to inform police, without speaking, that they might be in danger. it enables someone who is too scared to make a noise or speak to press 55 when prompted. the system has been operating in the uk since 2002,
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but officials say it's not widely known to the public. the prompts, the questions and the automated system allow that filter to take place, to make sure that when you do press 55, it's when you're in danger, when you've got a real need, that you will get that response that you need as a priority. today's campaign is being launched during national stalking awareness week. it is being supported by the family of murder victim kerry power. she was strangled by her former partner david wilder at her home in plymouth in 2013. her death led to calls for the system to be reviewed, as she may have been misinformed about what happened it's hoped a wider understanding of how the system works could potentially save lives in the future. well, we can now speak to sara d'arcy from women's aid, which is supporting the campaign.
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ididn't i didn't know about this. it's a great idea yet it has been in place since 2002 and its very little known. you're right, far too many people like yourself and also survivors of domestic abuse didn't know that if you do make a silent 999 call to the police it isn't automatically going to get that emergency response. sadly you do have to use the silent solution system in order to get that help and that's why it is important that we are working with the independent 0ffice are working with the independent office for police conduct and the national police chiefs council to really shine a light on this and really shine a light on this and really raise awareness of it, whether you need to use it or a family member or friend needs to use it because as we have heard, carrie's story really is a matter of life or death that people know how to use this. you've mentioned
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victims of domestic abuse. are they the most likely sector of society who might have need of this service? as you said, there are other circumstances where it might be needed but we know from our work with survivors of domestic abuse that often they really add in desperate need of an emergency response but the situation they are m, response but the situation they are in, they may be being threatened by an abusive partner, that they are going to be hurt or even killed if they reach out to the police so that's a barrier they are too afraid to speak to the police so it's so important for them specifically to be able to call the police without drawing any attention to it and to do that discreetly. it could save lives. right bike are there any figures as to how often this service has been used —— figures as to how often this service has been used -- are there any figures? 1% of silent calls end up
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going to silent solution and get used but i understand the police receive around 20,000 silent calls a day, many of them are probably accidental or hoax calls so it's important they have a system that will filter out those calls so that the police resources are being put where they are most needed. but we also need to know that those victims who aren't confident to speak to the police without putting themselves in further danger are getting that support that is so vital. 0ne further danger are getting that support that is so vital. one in five women report domestic abuse to the police so it is hoped this will give more women the confidence to come forward and getjustice. what happens when someone dials 55? firstly you've got to dial 999 and if it is unsafe for you to speak, you can cough or tap the keys to say
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it isa you can cough or tap the keys to say it is a genuine call and that is when they will put you to through the silent solution system. if you don't cough or tap the keys after 30 seconds they will automatically put it through to that system and that's when you will be told to press 55 and at that point you can respond to the system so they can find out more information about your specific case and what help you need and also determine your location as well to get that emergency response. lets hope the message gets out that many more people know that the service is there for them if they need them. thank you forjoining us. dramatic pictures have emerged of thieves using a digger to steal a cash machine in northern ireland. it took place last night in county londonderry and is thought to be connected to a series of eight thefts so far this year, richard sharkey reports
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masked and armed with the machine from a roadworks site quarter of a mile away. they begin a rapid operation, demolish, seize and tra nsfer operation, demolish, seize and transfer the money. we understand there was a significant amount of money in the cash machine at the time. injust overfour minutes, the gang is gone. this was the latest in a series of recent atm thefts here. since the beginning of the year, nine cash machines have been stolen in eight areas of northern ireland. there have also been two recent thefts and counties along the border in the republic. that is raising questions about the possibility of a cross—border gang being responsible. questions for the psni too. what is your masterplan? we are working with a dedicated team of detectives and our colleagues across the district. we are also working with the banking
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industry, atm providers and the retailers to make sure we bring these crimes to a stop as soon as possible. right back but the problem with that is isn't working. well, we have charged one person who is remanded in custody and we are actively investigating the rest of the crimes and by working together we hope to bring these crimes to an end as soon as possible. local businesses are to meet the psni to ask for more help. they also want the construction industry to help. we are working closely with the construction sector, we need to ensure these construction sites are more secure. we also need to be ensuring that the diggers are mobilised when not in use —— immobilised. because this is clearly a key factor. we need to see police redouble their efforts, catch these gangs and put them in front of the courts and hopefullyjail for a long time. the cctv images underline the costs of these attacks and thefts. businesses left out of pocket and
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communities without a service. the beatles only ever made one live appearance on top of the pops back in 1966. no recording was kept of the performance — but footage of them performing on the show has turned up in mexico. the beatles rehearsing for their only ever live top of the pops appearance. back in 1966, bbc shows were recorded on video tape — very expensive at the time, so wiped after a couple of weeks. thought lost forever, until now. # it's 1,000 pages, you can take a few # i'll be writing more in a week or two... the fabfour, a fabfind — 11 seconds of paperback writer unearthed in mexico. # paperback writer paperback writer... 0ne inch, rank's intelforfilm, domestic video tape, you know, d—2, d—3... kaleidoscope specialise in tracking down missing tv. a mexican beatles fan got in touch
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after buying an 8mm film reel, shot at home by a liverpudlian family. i think if you're a beatles fan, it's a holy grail, there's no doubt about that. the beatles only did top of the pops once live. and to think that, you know, somebody in liverpool was filming, you know, off the telly, in 1966 — so to find it again after all those years later wasjust stunning. at the beatles story exhibition, we showed the find to an expert. oh, my gosh. that's amazing! how important a discovery is this? well, we already have loads and loads of kind of audiovisual artefacts, more or less, that we can study. the idea that there's more out there is absolutely... it's amazing, really. there is no other word for it. and it's notjust beatles footage which has been rediscovered. more than 240 lost top of the pops performances, saved thanks to a fan of the show who recorded them at home... music: rocket man by eltonjohn
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hello, this is charles henry butler pearce, in bangor, north wales, making a test recording, in september 1976. hello, hello. the new discoveries, including t.rex performing metal guru, will be featured later this month at the bfi southbank‘s music believed wiped event. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett hello, there. the temperature was as high as 20 degrees today in the sunshine but the next few days will be much colder. we've still got this zone of cloud and showery rain affecting wales, perhaps parts of the midlands, towards the south—east of england. that is sinking its way further south overnight. clearer skies to the north, maybe one or two mist and fog patches, nothing too widespread. and we'll see temperatures down
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to about 4 degrees or so, maybe a touch lower into rural parts of scotland. so a bit of a chilly start. but this rain, though, here, still affecting parts of wales, toward southern england. it's drifting further south. there could be one or two heavy showers from that. 0therwise, dry day, plenty of sunshine around, a much sunnier day for the north—east of england, but still on the cold side. and a significant drop in temperature across east anglia, where we have those high temperatures but also across western scotland, where it's 17 degrees earlier on today. that rain should have cleared away from southernmost parts of england and south wales by wednesday, so we're all in pretty much the same boat, dry with sunny spells, but rather chilly.
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