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tonight at ten: theresa may admits it's a "matter of great regret" she couldn't deliver brexit, as she meets eu leaders in brussels. it's a warm welcome from those she'd fought hard in negotiations, as mrs may acknowledged the recent european election results were disappointing. what it shows is the importance of actually delivering on brexit. i think the best way to do that is with a deal, but it will be for my successor and parliament to find a way forward. meanwhile, labour expels tony blair's former spin doctor alastair campbell for voting lib dem in the european elections.
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also tonight... the family of the ringleader of the london bridge attackers say they reported him to the anti—terror hotline two years before the killing spree. torn apart by the islamic state group, the yazidi families rebuilding their lives, after the fall of is. the islamic state groups on the run now, but the pain and the suffering they've caused has been amplified for tens of thousands of families here in iraq and syria too, and that's going to take generations to recover from. more trouble for the high street, as boots considers shutting up to 200 stores to cut costs. and cricket's finest compete for the world cup beginning this week, but can the hosts england, finally lift the trophy? and coming up on sportsday on bbc news... we'll bring you the latest from baku in azerbaijan, where arsenal and chelsea have gone through their last preparations for the europa league final.
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good evening. theresa may admitted it's a "matter of great regret" she couldn't deliver brexit, as she met eu leaders for one of her last summits as prime minister. responding to the crushing defeat of conservatives in the european elections, she conceded the results were "disappointing" and it would have to be for her successor to take the uk out of the european union. meanwhile labour, like the conservatives, is wrestling with how to respond to their poor showing in last week's eu elections. tony blair's former spin doctor alastair campbell has now been expelled from the party after admitting he voted liberal democrat. and tonight two former labour ministers have admitted they didn't vote for the party either. here's our deputy political editor, john pienaar. she tried. she failed. now it will be someone else‘s job to sort out brexit. but how?
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it has split the country and has torn theresa may's party. in brussels, for leaders gathering today, all she could do was hope. i'm not going to comment on the views of individual candidates. there will be a process of selecting my successor as leader of the conservative party, but i continue to have the view that it's best for the uk to leave at the deal. so where's brexit leading now? back into talks with the eu, if tories vote to makejeremy hunt pm, back from the brink of a no—deal brexit. or else... the risk of that is that parliament will then try to stop a no—deal brexit, which they've already done successfully before, and then it will be pushed into a general election and i think if that happened the conservative party will be annihilated. in other words, don't pick a no—deal brexiteer. borisjohnson comes to mind, pledged to leave with or without one on october 31,
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the next brexit deadline. other contenders must choose now where they stand, and they know it. brexit is going to be one of the big issues that has to be addressed properly and every candidate has to come forward with a credible plan, so i will have much more to say on that in the coming days. tories who want out, deal or no deal, and with no further delay, will make their feelings clear from now until they elect a new leader. the conservative party is not functioning as an electoral machine at the moment. not leaving is what has got us there. leaving may revive us. what do you read into jeremy hunt's prescription? well, if he was from the health service, i hope he was a better doctor then than he is now. time is running out, if a new prime minister tries and fails to get a new deal in brussels, and then tries to leave without one, parliament may not have the time
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or power to stop that happening. the speaker of the house of commons is hinted that he might intervene, otherwise it could come down to pro—european tory rebels, voting against their own government on a vote of confidence and forcing the general election. jeremy corbyn is under pressure from colleagues to back another eu referendum — a change of direction, whatever anyone says. ideally, we would want a general election. that has always been our position, that remains our position. but, as the clock ticks down, if we're not going to have a general election we would support a people's vote. but some even closer insist that one referendum is enough. i'm not sure what a second referendum would do. but what we would need to do is heal the division that, unfortunately, has been made worse by this government, and it is only labour that can do that. so let's be calm, let's not be spooked, and let's reflect on how best we can get that message across. but it's a struggle for labour's identity too. remember tony blair's closest adviser at number ten, alastair campbell? he voted lib dem to help swing labour behind another referendum,
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a now he's been expelled. i don't feel i have left the labour party. i'm still in the labour party as far as i'm concerned. and i will always be labour. and i will always be labour. and i suspect that i will be in and around the labour party longer than some of the people who are in and around jeremy corbyn at the moment. the prime minister in office but not in power. no longer a taunt, just how it is. and for theresa may, the time for tears and pain are over. we can guess the questions that will come next, but not a single answer at a defining time in british politics and the country. well, in the past hour we've been hearing from leaders at that eu summit. our europe editor katya adler is in brussels for us tonight. clive, the summit ended a few moments ago and then his closing statement donald tusk the president of the european council described brexit as the best vaccine, he said, against anti—eu propaganda. brexit as the best vaccine, he said, againstanti—eu propaganda. he brexit as the best vaccine, he said, against anti—eu propaganda. he was referring to the victory, the
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majority won by pro—eu groups in the recent parliamentary elections and that, not brexit, was a focus of the summit. what to do and who to give the top eu jobs after that vote. all of those leaders in a room with theresa may are of course well aware of the leadership contest under way for those after herjob, but when i asked them earlier they didn't seem very keen on a new brexit negotiation after mrs may's departure. those who want to be her successor say they want to renegotiate the brexit deal. no, renegotiate... no, no, no, no. no renegotiation. this is too easy. so we changed the stuff, and so if the next prime minister is not going to be successful, you change again and you start your renegotiation again? that would be too easy. no, we had the negotiation, we finished the negotiation, and it's not because a head of government is going to change that we will restart the negotiations. that's not part of the game. i was crystal clear. there will be no renegotiation. there is no other option than the agreement that we reached with the uk government, so...
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no more discussion? will the eu renegotiate the brexit deal when there is a new uk prime minister? before we need a new prime minister, and then we need to decide. the problem is the uk's problem — what do they want to do? frankly, eu leaders think that it's easy for those who want to become prime minister to promise all sorts of things, a painless no—deal brexit and a brand—new brexit negotiation, but they are convinced whoever becomes the uk's next prime minister will bump up against the same practical difficulties theresa may dead, such as for example over that famous irish backstop. i do think, though, come the autumn, these eu leaders will engage more, they will listen more to the new uk prime minister. they want to avoid a no—deal brexit, and of course the extension we have runs out on the sist extension we have runs out on the 31st of october, but they won't want
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to avoid any no deal at any cost, and one thing striking me after all the years i have spent covering european politics, these leo lanai are famous for bickering amongst themselves and i have not seen something unite them as much is the subject of brexit —— these leaders are famous for bickering amongst themselves. 0k, katya, thank you very much. the inquest into the deaths of eight people at london bridge two years ago has heard that the family of the ringleader of the attackers had reported him to an anti—terrorism hotline because of their concerns about his extremist views. the old bailey heard how khuram butt turned from a hard—working schoolboy to an extremist who brought shame on his family. daniel sandford has more. the london bridge attack led to a huge counterterrorism policing investigation into the killers. today relatives of the eight people who died heard at their inquests what the detectives uncovered. they heard that the leader of the group, khuram butt, was born in pakistan and came to the uk aged eight. his family was granted asylum.
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we are just praying we have to stay. he did well at school, but since 2014 he had become increasingly involved with anjem choudary and his banned islamist extremist group, al—muhajiroun. the coroner heard that among thejobs khuram butt had done were working in the stock room at topshop in oxford street, doing administration for arrigo holdings, a company that ran kfc franchises, and working in security as a door supervisor. in may 2016, khuram butt got a job working for transport for london here at westminster underground station, despite the fact that four months earlier he had appeared in a documentary aboutjihadists, and despite the fact that mi5 had information suggesting he could be planning an attack on the uk. in the documentary, khuram butt was filmed praying in front of a flag often used by the islamic state group. the inquest heard that, at this time, there were a series of rows at butt‘s east london flat. his wife zara temporarily moved
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out when he suggested getting a second wife. his father—in—law destroyed his passport to stop him going to syria, and his brother—in—law reported him to the anti—terrorist hotline. the year before the attack, butt started training at this muslim—run gym and he was giving lessons in the koran at a nearby primary school. the head was later banned from teaching. rachid redouane, the second attacker, was a failed asylum seeker from morocco who moved back to britain after marrying an irish woman. they separated after he hit her. the coroner heard that the third attacker, youssef zaghba's father, had celebrated the 9/11 attacks. among otherjobs, he had briefly been a children's gymnastics coach. tomorrow the inquest will hear details of how the three men bought ceramic knives to prepare for their attack, made fake suicide vests, and hired the van that was also used as a weapon. daniel sandford, bbc news, at the old bailey. a woman has appeared
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at sheffield crown court, charged with murdering two of her sons. sarah barrass, who's 3a, is accused of murdering 14—year—old blake barrass and tristan barrass, who was 13, in the shiregreen area of the city on friday. brandon machin, who's 38, also faces two counts of murder. the equality and human rights commission has launched a formal investigation into the labour party over allegations of anti—semitism. the watchdog will now formally look at whether there's been unlawful discrimination against people because they're jewish. labour says it will cooperate fully. our political correspondent ben wright is at westminster for us tonight. initially that simply will not go away for labour, ben? no, clive, and this is the first time a party will be formally investigated by britain's equality watchdog, and it reignites a row about anti—semitism going on within labour now for about three years. the hrc has launched its investigation after receiving a
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number of complaints over labour's handling of anti—semitism within its own ranks. they said they will look at whether the party has discriminated against, harassed or victimised people because they are jewish. it says it will also investigate whether the party acted unlawfully. that is something the party denies and today they said the party denies and today they said the party was implacably against anti—semitism, and rejected the idea that they don't follow through complaints properly. separately, the muslim council of britain has asked the ehrc to look into accusations of islamophobia within the tory party. previously the conservative party has insisted it also has robust complaints procedures in place, but to be clear that it is a call for an investigation. labour does now face a formal inquiry. the second act is very muscular power is to find evidence and labour says it will cooperate. thank you, then right at
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westminster. —— ben wright at westminster. since the fall of the islamic state group in syria, hundreds of its prisoners have been freed. many are yazidis, a religious minority who were captured and enslaved when is swept through their homeland in sinjar in northern iraq in 2014. those who survived are now trying to rebuild their lives and reunite broken families. our middle east correspondent quentin sommerville reports now from northern iraq. five years without playing, five years of cruelty, five years a slave. 11—year—old nashat is now free from the islamic state group's torment. translation: they would buy us children, no matter what the age, and make us servants, and buy women of any age and make them wives. they treated their children nicely, like a piece of gold, but they kicked first night out at night to sleep in the garden or the sheepfold. i don't know why they would buy us, if they didn't want to look after us. is brought ruin to his town of sinjar in iraq.
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not far from here they murdered the men, and then they took the women and children, sold into a life of servitude. most thought they'd never see sinjar again, and many did not. the terror that is brought here to the yazidi people was genocide, says the united nations. for his last years in syria, forced to convert to islam, he was alone with monsters. his father had escaped, but his mother, sister and brothers were sold to is fighters and their families. nashat‘s family was traded half a dozen times. four years ago nashat‘s mother's freedom was bought. for fauzia, here in the pink, it was a bittersweet moment. nashat and his sister were still trapped in syria with is. granted asylum in germany, she had no peace while her children were missing. translation: our kids were crying.
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each hour, is would come and take the young women and the children from their mothers. we were forced to live in disgrace and humiliation. they treated us like sheep. they told me, "a man has bought you." i said, "i'd rather be killed than go with that man." then, in march this year, nashat‘s nine—year—old sister was found. safely in iraq, she tries to forget about the last five years of work, cruelty and forced prayer. she speaks rarely now. but this is all in the past. now, they wait at the airport in iraq. their mum is flying in from germany. so much has stood in the way of this embrace.
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sobbing. under the same roof for the first time in years, the family can finally sleep without fear. we all know the islamic state group's crimes on the battlefield, but this is where it's really felt. they tried to destroy this family. they tried to wipe out the entire yazidi people. but they didn't. they failed. the islamic state groups on the run now, but the pain and suffering that they've caused has been amplified with tens of thousands of families here in iraq and in syria too. that's going to take generations to recover from. but countless other yazidi families will never be reunited.
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the yazidis were a people that their country and the west failed to protect. despite this, nashat‘s family endured, and that in itself is another victory against the islamic state group. quentin sommerville, bbc news, northern iraq. boots the chemist is considering closing up to 200 stores in the coming months. the company, which is owned by the american firm walgreens boots alliance, is one of the biggest players on the high street. our business editor simon jack is here. it is such an iconic brand. if boots is having trouble, what's going on? no one is immune on the high street. there's not many places you can go and get your medicine, and prescription along with a sandwich and something else. what we knew backin and something else. what we knew back in april was they were conducting a store review. they got 2500 stores so we are talking about
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less then 10% and today they have come up with a ballpark figure of around 200 sites where they have more than one store and they are looking to consolidate them, so people will not see boots disappear from the high street completely but it shows no one is immune from what is going on on the high street. boots is a really important part of the high street, it creates footfall. popping out to boots creates footfall for other tenants on the high street. this process will happen over the next ten to 18 months, more pain for the high street which has had a lot over the recent yea rs. street which has had a lot over the recent years. thank you. two people, including an 11—year—old girl, have died injapan after a man attacked a group of people with a knife while they were waiting for a bus. at least 18 others were injured in the residential street of kawasaki near tokyo. the attacker who was in his 50s later stabbed himself,
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and died in hospital. charities say the number of people with a physical disability who are homeless in england has increased significantly in the last decade. and there are new government figures that show thousands of vulnerable people are struggling because of a shortage of suitable accommodation, with many living on the streets. our disability news correspondent nikki fox has more. you're seeing more disabled people. you're seeing more mental health patients. this is birmingham. are you all right, though? yeah, just a bit cold, love. are your hands hurting? believe it or not, this is not dirt on my hands, like, you know. i tried to get this off, it'sjust ground into my fingers. all these men are homeless and disabled. are there times when you feel extra vulnerable? yeah, all the time, ifeel vulnerable all the time. yeah. change for something to eat, please? and their lives are hard. last week, i actually got beat up, and they nicked my last wheelchair. i'm just getting to my wits' end, to be honest.
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if i make £20 every day, yeah, i'm ok. i don't ask for too much. carlos is at this spot most days. when the people ask, "carlos, where i can see you?", i say, "i am in my office". he says he's too proud to ask, but people give him money. oh, thank you very much, ma'am. thank you. god bless you. ten years ago, he had a good job, but a spiral of addiction, prison time and health problems have led him here. for a short time, this was home for carlos. this is where i used to sleep every night. the three—star hotel! recent figures show a significant rise in the numbers of disabled people like carlos affected by homelessness. there's nothing here to make this place comfortable. it is not a nice place to sleep!
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as a double amputee, he gets disability benefits, but not everything he says he's entitled to. and, although he's no longer rough sleeping, a lack of accessible homes means that his wait for permanent accommodation could be that much longer. we are beyond the point of crisis when it comes to homelessness and this is something that should have been addressed years ago. universal credit, welfare reform, all this is hugely impacting on homeless people and those that are presenting themselves with disabilities. the government says disabled people have priority need for accommodation and that it's providing £1 million over the next two years to adapt properties. hola! hola! carlos now has somewhere to stay... welcome! ..but it's temporary. this is no life here. what i have at the moment is just survival, yeah? come this way... but this place has given him hope for a different life, free from addiction and having to spend time on the streets. nikki fox, bbc news, birmingham.
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details have emerged of how the wife of a jailed azerbaijani banker, who became the first person in britain to have property confiscated under new legal powers, spent more than £16 million at the luxury store harrods, in london. zamira hajiyeva spent £4 million onjewellery, £30,000 on chocolate, and nearly £100,000 in harrods' disney boutique. the national crime agency believes her husband stole their money from a state bank he once controlled. the cricket world cup starts later this week, with the hosts england firm favourites. it's an important year for the side, with the ashes series against australia coming up later in the summer. here's our sports editor, dan roan. it's cricket's moment in the sun. the world cup has forged some of the game's most cherished memories and featured its biggest stars. and now, for the first time in 20 years, england is playing host
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to the sport's showpiece. sri lankan legend kumar sangakkara played in four world cups and told me these are historic times for the game here. this is probably the most significant year in terms of cricket for england. you have a world cup, then you have one of the oldest rivalries in terms of the ashes. what more can the mcc, lord's, spectators or world cricket and english cricket ask for? it's such an exciting time. the ten teams play each other in a round—robin format before the top four contest semifinals. 11 grounds will stage 48 matches, across six and a half weeks of action, and 830,000 tickets have been sold. six matches will be played here at old trafford, including the eagerly anticipated match between archrivals india and pakistan, for which there have been a remarkable 800,000 ticket applications. and even though lancashire have built this 8,000—seater temporary stand, this place could have been sold out
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for that game 32 times over. next summer, the ecb launches a controversial 100—ball competition. for the first time in 15 years, some live cricket will be on free—to—air tv. it's a major gamble, but with the game at a crossroads and struggling to retain relevance, the man in charge hopes the world cup could help win over the sceptics. it's a once—in—a—generation opportunity for the game. this is a great platform for us to build all the plans going beyond 2019 into next year and beyond, to make sure we're opening cricket up as widely as possible for people to get involved in this great sport. two years ago, england won the women's world cup. now the men are favourites to emulate them, their bold style of play making them the world's top ranked one—day team. but here at an inner—city grassroots project, one of the hosts' biggest stars says england must also now appeal to a younger and more diverse fan base. i just see it as an opportunity to really get
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the country more into the game. we can get better, and we have so many problems away from the sport, actually, sport can really change a lot of things. having won their final warm—up game against afghanistan, england are high on confidence, but true success depends on winning new fans, as well as cricket's most coveted trophy. dan roan, bbc news. that's it. newsnight is on bbc two in a few minutes. here on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. have a very good night.
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hello and welcome to sportsday with me will perry, the headlines tonight... maurizio sarri storms out of chelsea's training session on the eve of their europa league final against arsenal. scotland's women warmed up for the world cup with a win over jamaica infront of a record crowd at hampden park. and after bad light stopped play last night, britain's number1 kyle edmund needed just seven minutes today to reach round 2 of the french open. hello and welcome to sportsday. we'll start with the news that maurizio sarri stormed out of chelsea's training session ahead of tomorrow night's europa league final against arsenal. it was initially belived to be connected to an incident where his players gonzalo higuian
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and david luiz were involved in a row after a challenge in what was their last training session in the stadium ahead of tomrrow‘s game in baku. chelsea have since denied that and claim it was because they couldn't practice set pieces because it was an open training session. n'golo kante meanwhile is a major doubt to feature for chelsea. sarri rated his chances of playing as 50/50 ahead of tonight's training session of which the frenchman managed just 25 minutes on his own away from the main squad. kante finished in deep discussion with the chelsea team doctor. here's what sarri had to say about his star midfielder ahead of training we have only three midfielders for three positions, so we are in trouble. the only defensive midfielder that we have can say is very important and we are trying to recover him and we will try tomorrow morning —— kante. i know very much without kante, morning —— kante. i know very much without ka nte, it morning —— kante. i know very much without kante, it is very much a
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problem. away from the pitch, the final has been a real mission to get to for some fans. baku is right on the edge of europe, flights aren't easy to come by and the ones that are aren't cheap. olly foster sent us this from the azerbaijan capital a little earlier. a few weeks ago when they found they would be getting 6000 tickets each for the final here in azerbaijan they said they were disappointed and they said they were disappointed and they said they would be able to send many more than that but they have not been able to take up the allocation. it became clear that baku on the eastern frontier of european football, was a very difficult place to get to, on a wednesday night, no direct scheduled fight, it was going to be expensive, so fight, it was going to be expensive, so they haven't been able to take up the allocation. but a lot of those fa ns the allocation. but a lot of those fans have been telling some remarkable tales ofjust how they have managed to get here and at what cost. i travelled from barrow in
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furness, probably the only person from their here today, it has taken me the best part of 50 hours, three flights and cars, but now we are here we are happy and looking forward to the final. i have seen quite a few fans, but there won't be many fans from london and england, but the fan base for arsenal is all around, asia, and so it opens it up to that side of the world. we left london last tuesday and it has been almost a week to get to baku travelling 3500 miles using different currencies going through three different countries and sleeping in different beds including trains and taxis and flights. we left london to go to istanbul and we nt left london to go to istanbul and went from istanbul to anne cara, and we nt went from istanbul to anne cara, and went ona went from istanbul to anne cara, and went on a train from there —— to ankara. we were delayed by cows on the track at one point and then we we nt the track at one point and then we
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went to to and from wc to

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