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this is bbc news. the headlines. jeremy corbyn has insisted labour will not support the government's brexit legislation despite theresa may promising what she described as "bold" changes. as a new rail timetable comes in, passengers are advised to check before they travel tomorrow. mourning a lost son — emiliano sala's family tell the bbc they feel he was abandoned. abortion and american politics — how president trump's intervention could set the stage for next year's election. and at 11:30 we'll be taking another look at the papers with martin lipton from the sun and john rentoul from the independent.
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good evening and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister is to launch a last—ditch attempt to gain approval for her brexit deal, with what she calls a "bold offer" to labour and conservative critics. theresa may says mps should look at her withdrawal bill, the legislation needed to take britain out of the eu "with fresh pairs of eyes." but labour leaderjeremy corbyn says he does not think the bill will be "fu nda mentally a ny different" and therefore his party won't be supporting it. our political correspondent ben wright reports. the ayes to the right, 286, the noes to the left, 344. mps have already rejected theresa may's brexit deal three times, but the prime minister plans a final throw of the dice before
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she quits number ten. the deal agreed with the eu will not be reopened, but writing in the sunday times, mrs may promises a new, bold offer to mps across the house of commons, with an improved package of measures that she believes can win new support. theresa may's offer to mps so far lacks any detail. but it will not, for instance include a confirmatory referendum, something many labour mps want. one cabinet minister said measures including extra guarantees on workers‘ rights should, though, secure labour support. we do, in many ways, agree. none of us want to remain in the european union. none of us want a no—deal brexit, which means logically, there has to be a deal, and if there's going to be a deal, the labour and conservative position are about half an inch apart. last week, jeremy corbyn pulled the plug on talks with the government. today, he was reluctant to say whether he wanted brexit to happen or not and he certainly sounded sceptical about helping theresa may get the withdrawal agreement bill into law. we haven't seen whatever
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the new bill is going to be yet, but nothing i've heard leads me to believe that it's fundamentally any different to the previous bill that's been put forward, so as of now, we're not supporting it. theresa may says she'll make her big offer in a speech later this week, and her hope is to win over enough labour mps to offset opposition from her own side. but few here think that is likely to work — tory resistance seems to be growing, and breaking the deadlock in parliament looks as hard as ever. when do we want it? now! and look who's making hay out of that. polls suggest the brexit party is surging in the european elections being held this week. what we want is to get this agony over with. what we want is to leave. what we want is to get on with the rest of our lives. that is what the country wants. many remain voters are mobilised too, and while labour says another referendum should be an option, there is no ambiguity from parties campaigning to stop brexit. we've had two and a half years
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of disastrous negotiation. we are now confronted with the possibility of a no deal, which would be catastrophic for the country. it's absolutely clear that no brexit is where we should be going. others fighting for remain votes on thursday say there is no time to hold another public vote before the latest brexit deadline, and say parliament should revoke the process. at the beginning of these european election campaigns, we had time to provide for a people's vote on what happens on brexit, which would take at least 5—6 months. we now no longer have the time to do that by 31st october, when we are due to crash out. the stalemate here and the government's failure to get a brexit deal through parliament have led to this week's european elections, and the chance for voters to have a say on the state of brexit. rail passengers are being advised to check before they travel for tomorrow morning's commute — the first working day after the introduction of a new national rail summer timetable. train companies say they're making every effort to avoid the chaos of last year's shake—up.
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our business correspondent katy austin reports. train companies are adding new services each year to provide for an increasing number of passengers and boost the economy. today's timetable shake—up makes space for 1,000 additional services across the country. but these changes are on a far smaller scale than last may. then, a huge overhaul of timetables resulted in chaos for passengers, on the northern and govia thameslink networks in particular. rail operators will be monitoring this summer's timetable change carefully and say they will respond quickly to any problems, adding that extra staff are on hand to support passengers. train companies and network rail have emphasised that they have learned lessons from what went wrong last year and have worked together to put those lessons into practice. they highlight the new winter times introduced in december, which were deliberately scaled back, as a successful example. the group representing passengers
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says those paying to travel deserve this time round to go smoothly. we'll know by the end of the morning commute on monday. that's the acid test when it is seen whether it works or not. sunday is a bit of a trial run. monday morning is d—day for commuters. let's see what happens. we'll be watching on behalf of passengers, seeing what's happening and how good the information is in particular. last summer's rail chaos led to apologies from the transport secretary and an official enquiry. the disruption is still fresh in the minds of commuters, who will be expecting a far less stressful experience when they return to the network in their millions on monday morning. at least 17 people have been injured in a blast in egypt appearing to target a tourist bus. the attack happened near the new egyptian museum close to the giza pyramids. 10 of the wounded are egyptians while 7 are south africans. they have been taken to a nearby hospital, and they are all in a stable condition. ranyah sabry from bbc arabic
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is in cairo and she gave us this update. the explosion was due to a primitive ied or improvised electronic device that went off when the bus was passing and shattered the glass, the majority of the injuries, all of which are light, were caused by the shattered glass. seven are tourists from south africa and the rest are egyptians, passers—by or people who were in a car next to the bus when the explosion happened, and it occurred close to the grand egyptian museum which is still under construction and will be opened officially in 2022 but part of it remains to be open, things have moved from the egyptian museum in tahrir square to the grand egyptian museum and this is why the tourist bus was in the area. 69 flights at manchester airport have been cancelled and many
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more are facing significant delays after a power cut affected the ability to re—fuel planes. all fuelling on site has currently stopped and there are reports that passengers have been stranded on grounded aircraft for a number of hours. some flights are still landing and taking off but there is still no confirmation on when the issue will be resolved. border force officials have intercepted two boats carrying 32 migrants in the english channel. the first vessel was found at around 4:00 this morning heading towards dover. all those on board the boats said they were from iraq or iran. family and friends of the argentine footballer emiliano sala — who died injanuary — have told the bbc they feel he was abandoned when he was killed in a plane crash over the channel. at the time he was transferring from the french club nantes to play for cardiff city. those close to him say they feel he was already a cardiff city player — the welsh club insist the transfer was never completed.
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wyre davies has been speaking exclusively to the footballer‘s parents. the death of emiliano sala in a light plane crash at the end of january shocked the footballing world. among those at his funeral in argentina were officials from sala's new club, cardiff city. the 28—year—old was the player who cardiff had hoped could save their season. but no sooner had his body been found, recriminations began. cardiff refused a demand from nantes for the first instalment on sala's £15 million fee. in the provincial town where sala grew up dreaming of becoming a footballer, feelings are running high. almost everyone here believes that at the time of his death, emiliano sala was a cardiff city player. they saw pictures of him signing his contract. they heard the cardiff city manager neil warnock, at this very ground, describing sala as "my player". sala's best friend now bears a permanent dedication
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to the footballer‘s memory. he wants accountability for his friends death. much of the anger is directed at arrangements for sala's last fateful journey, at night in bad weather and with a pilot, david ibbotson, who it appears wasn't qualified to make the flight. his body has never been found. one of the hardest decisions a pilot takes is making the decision not to go. it's a single engine flight over a long stretch of water, in winter at night in icy conditions. i think most pilots would not have done that flight. as more details emerged about the flight, at home in argentina, there was indignation.
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horacio sala sadly died a few days after he spoke to us. nantes insisted they supported sala throughout his career. cardiff city said they offered a seat on a commercial flight, but he declined. but in a statement, the club said: emiliano sala's mother has urged the two clubs to resolve their dispute. wyre davies, bbc news. there's more on this story — emiliano sala: a family's search for truth — on bbc one wales tomorrow night at 8:30 — or you can find it on the iplayer after that. president trump has said that he has pro life views on abortion, amid controversy
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surrounding changes to the law in several us states. this year, eight have voted to either ban abortions — or further restrict the time limits on procedures. another four states have attempted bans or restictions since mr trump was elected — but the measures have been blocked. anti—abortion campaigners say they want the issue to reach the supreme court. here's our north america correspondent chris buckler. my body! in state after state, america's laws are being challenged in a battle over what many women regard as their right to abortion. and with court challenges planned and an election looming, it's one of the most divisive issues in a country already ripped apart by politics. two decades ago, president trump was quoted as calling himself pro—choice, but his position was very different by the time he reached the campaign trail in 2016. many of his supporters were and remain christian evangelicals, and as he ran
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for the presidency, his position aligned with theirs. do you believe in punishment for abortion, yes or no? the answer is that there has to be some form of punishment. for the woman? yeah, there has to be some form. however, in a tweet, donald trump has now clarified that he is strongly pro—life with three exceptions — rape, incest and protecting the life of the mother. that's a more liberal position than the laws some in his party have been voting for. should a child, a life inside a mother's womb, be killed due to the actions of its parents? in the last week alone, two republican—led states, missouri and alabama, passed new, stricter legislation. neither of the bills had exceptions for cases where the mother had been the victim of rape or incest. the fact that donald trump is marking his view out as different might be a sign that he's worried about how some voters will react, particularly women, ahead of next year's presidential election.
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certainly, the democrats seem determined to make abortion a key issue in 2020. this is happening across the country, and people need to know what's going on here. this is a violation of civil rights. republicans seem determined to push this issue in individual states in an attempt to get america's abortion laws challenged here at the us supreme court. more than 45 years ago, the famous case roe v wade established a woman's right to choose an abortion. but donald trump has appointed newjustices that have given this court a conservative majority. what they're going to do is, they're not going to outlaw abortion, but they're going to make it so difficult to get. ahead of 2020, on abortion and so much else, these states could hardly be less united. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. the headlines on bbc news: theresa may says she'll be putting a bold offer to mps on brexit butjeremy corbyn believes
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there wont be anything new. the new national rail summer timetable has come into effect today and train companies say they've learned lessons from weeks of chaos on the network last summer. mourning a lost son — emiliano sala's family tell the bbc they feel he was abandoned. sport, and time now for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, with gavin. brooks koepka had it all sew up. he was seven the head of the field but his let that lead slip just leads by three from dustin johnston. shots like that, dropping three with three holes left.
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different story for dj though. the world number one is hoping to stop his fellow american winning a fourth major in eight attempts. he'sjust 3 behind koepka, on 6 under for the tournament. england's cricketers have sealed a 4—nil series win over pakistan as the build up for this summer's home world cup.. stays perfectly on course. england posted another high score of 351 before their bowlers also made a strong impression, as they sealed a 54 run win at headingley. patrick gearey reports. the next time you see england cricketers cross the boundary they will be walking into the biggest tournament of their lives. they will be favourites for their home world cup be favourites for their home world cu p after be favourites for their home world cup after four years in which they've not just raised cup after four years in which they've notjust raised the ceiling of one day batting but at times smudged the room in. this is a team that seen in school runs all over the place and today they threatened another monumental total but sometimes the higher you aim, the wobbly of the foundations. england
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stalled and yet still scored 351, somehow. if there is a question mark amid the exclamation marks, it's around england's bowling. the first of three wickets, pakistan steadying themselves but within spun off course. and this is the final whistle, england take the series 4-0, whistle, england take the series 4—0, next stop, world cup. kilmarnock scored a late winner against rangers, to clinch third spot in the scottish premiership. they looked to be missing out with aberdeen beating hibernian but three minutes from time, stephen o'donnell had his shirt pulled inside the penalty area. eamonn brophy rifled home the penalty to earn killie a 2—1win. and their first season in europe since 2001. after the game kilmarnock boss steve clarke hinted strongly this would be his last game, having been heavily linked to the vacant scotland job.
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celtic rounded off another title winning campaign by beating hearts 2—1. mikeyjohnston bookended the scoring at celtic park. it's an 8th successive title for celtic. british number one, johanna konta says she's pleased with her progress despite failing in her bid to win a first major title on clay, this afternoon. she was beaten by a worthy winner — the world number seven, karolina pliskova in straight sets in the italian open final. having beaten two top—10 players to get to this final, konta will now be seeded at the french open, which starts later this month. rafael nadal comprehensively beaten novak djokovic 6—0, 4—6, 6—1 to claim his ninth rome masters title earlier
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today. the spaniard raced through the first set in just 39 minutes, the first 6—love between the rivals in 141 previous sets. djokovic did manage to force the match to a deciding set, but nadal was dominant, winning in two hours and twenty—five minutes in his last tournament before the french open later this month. it's been an excellent medal haul for britain's tom daley at diving's world series event in london today. first he won a bronze in the men's 10m platform, and then he won gold alongside grace reid in the mixed 3m synchro springboard, with the pair clinching it after this final dive. it's proving to be a successful partnership as reid and daley also won medals together at the world series event in kazan last week. that's all the sport for now. as voting takes place this week in 28 european countries — there are new warnings about the economic outlook for the region — including from within its largest and most powerful economy.
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german manufacturing has been hit by weaker global growth — with one leading adviser to its government telling the bbc that instability in the italian banking system could risk another eurozone crisis. our cconomics correspondent dharshini david reports. as voters prepared to head to the polls across europe, the prosperity of 512 million people is at stake and the economic climate is clouding over. we italy, they are struggling with a banking crisis and staying out of recession. france is facing disruption of the yellow vests protest in the uk is grappling with brexit uncertainty but it's here in germany they saw a sharp slowdown last year led by manufacturing. today's mercedes cars are a direct descendant of karl benz‘s first fuel powered automobile designed in 1885, an example of german industrial success an example of german industrial success built on successful engineering, highly skilled workforce and a supportive government. now the industry faces
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challenges, for example, weaker overseas demand on those trade tensions as well. that's weighing down the set, just as this manufacturer is trying to persuade customers around the world to buy his kitchens. it is sort of a challenge but the decision is not monthly or yearly, it's one decision every 15 or 20 years so it may be delayed a little bit here or there but overall, i think the global economy will support the kitchen business, at least. despite his hopes, most factories are seeing orders slow. in germany, many of the rings roughly of the economy, about twice as much is in the uk so it's problems are expected to drag german growth down to just 0.5% across 2019. despite a good performance in other sectors at the start of the year. it reduces the forecast for
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european group1.4%, year. it reduces the forecast for european group 1.4%, similarto year. it reduces the forecast for european group 1.4%, similar to the uk's. one of germanytop economic advisers says the problems go beyond his country's borders. what we also see as there are risks in the european economy and in particular italy. next week, elections are not only political important but they are also important regarding the prospects of the italian economy. how concerned are you about the fate of the european economy? i'm very much concerned about what's going on in italy. the banking system in italy is not as safe as we might hope. there is the potentialfor contagion so this might look like a new euro crisis. these risks mean a trickle of unease is flowing into public sentiment across europe, even though wages are generally rising and it's the outcome of these elections that will shape future fortu nes elections that will shape future fortunes and relationships.
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closer to home, voters here will be heading to the polls on thursday to vote in the european parliament elections. the leader of ukip, gerard batten, told sky news' ridge on sunday programme about his party's plans if their candidates were to be elected as meps. my my opinion, and i've been entirely consistent about this all through the process, is that what's been presented by mrs may is not really leaving the eu withdrawal agreement so leaving the eu withdrawal agreement so if any ukip meps were elected, we would vote against that withdrawal agreement in the european parliament has the final step in the article 50 process and we are notjust about rhetoric, we will put the government back to square one so they have to leave under their own steam and underan leave under their own steam and under an ideal scenario. this week we will be continuing our series of interviews with meps and leaders from the main parties standing in the european elections in a special ask this. you can send us your questions
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to put to them. tomorrow, we'll speak to conservative mep ashely fox and vince cable the lib dem leader. then on tuesday we're interviewing gerard batten the ukip leader and on wednesday it will be the turn ofjohn healey from labour and adam price the plaid cymru leader. details of how to get in touch are on the screen. indian prime minister narendra modi and his bjp party are heading for a second term in office — that's according to exit polls. voting has ended in the seventh and final phase of india's general election, the world's biggest exercise in democracy. 900 million people were eligible to vote. our correspondent sangita myska has been following developments from delhi. exit polls, and health warnings. they are not always reliable. the way in which they are done is literally someone standing outside with the board, polling booth, asking people what they voted and therefore there can be vast
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variations. having set that, creative four of the biggest exit polls are showing narendra modi, the incumbent prime minister is likely to be re—elected in 2019 likely to be able to form an absolute majority government. in 2014, became the first prime minister in about 30 yea rs first prime minister in about 30 years to be able to do that and if he repeats that success, clearly thatis he repeats that success, clearly that is going to be a huge coup. this has been the most divisive, bitter, fracture selection that india has seen in many, many years. the question of course is why. principally because this general election has been less about issues and more about having a referendum on prime minister narendra modi. he is from the bjp party, hindu nationalists and what his critics will say is that over the past five yea rs, will say is that over the past five years, he's failed to deliver on really big things. we've got a stumbling economy here, growth is really slowing down, a big pop
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number ofjobs really slowing down, a big pop number of jobs and unemployment really slowing down, a big pop number ofjobs and unemployment —— problem expect unemployment the highest in 45 years. farmer distress, farmer suicide, thousands over the last five years, very little discussion of that. is critics say instead it's all been drowned out by the bjp's identity politics, making great play of caste and religion in this country and critics will say as a result india is inching away from its secular constitutional basis but supporters ofm modi constitutional basis but supporters of m modi will tell you that he is the only man who can deliver sustained develop in this country across the board and that is going to shop in the south of the country which has often been unresponsive to the bjp. they will tell you he's the only prime minister that will be able to take india out of the embedded corruption that has dogged this country for many years but of course, those risks expect those results can be counted on thursday
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and that's when we are going to get the actual results and we will know who indians are voted for and who they want to govern our country for they want to govern our country for the next five years. it's believed that google is going to stop technical support and collaboration to android and google services with huawei. outside china, the firm is set to lose access to popular applications and services including the google play store and gmailapp, the including the google play store and gmail app, the move coming days after the us government added huawei to its entity list, locking the sale or transfer of american technology without a license. pictures of the duke and duchess of cambridge at chelsea flower show with their children have been released to the public this evening. prince george, princess charlotte and prince louis can be seen playing in the back to nature garden which was designed by the duchess as part of her work on early childhood development. speaking ahead of the garden‘s unveiling, catherine said spending
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time outdoors can help children grow up to become "happy, healthy adults". now it's time for a look at the weather with chris. we've seen quite a bit of cloud around today and some showers as well and it's a similar picture as well and it's a similar picture as we start off the new working week. the temperatures of the next few days, not doing too badly at all. back to those showers. we've seen heavy ones forming in a line from dorset across parts of the midlands and on towards lincolnshire and these have been caused by converging winds, kind of bashing together. the air is forced to rise and that's why we've seen heavy downpours. we've seen we've seen heavy downpours. we've seen some we've seen heavy downpours. we've seen some really torrential downpours across parts of the midlands and also reports of a funnel cloud into lincolnshire so the storms have been pretty active today. overnight tonight, many of those showers will fade away. murky across the east coast. a few showers
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continuing across the north—west. temperatures between eight and 11 celsius. does it mean for monday, a pretty cloudy start of the day. although for most of us, drive through the morning, the afternoon will see further showers develop and we have a couple of these convergence zones which i expect to set up, one convergence zones which i expect to setup, one across convergence zones which i expect to set up, one across eastern scotland and running into eastern parts of england to the other zones where you're most likely to see heavy showers, thundery and slow—moving in nature. one or two elsewhere. in parts of wales and northern ireland. not feeling bad in the sunshine. temperatures reaching a high of 20 degrees. we have a weak weather front moving its way to northern scotland, bringing a change in the weather here with rain, high pressure building further west, bring quite weather. pressure for northern ireland in parts of western england and wales and the midlands,
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largely dry with sunshine. temperatures reaching 21. across northern scotland, thicker cloud. on into wednesday's forecast, wednesday should be a quiet day for most parts of the country. exception for northern scotland. further south, we are seeing highs of 20 degrees. at your latest weather.

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