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this is bbc news. the headlines: president trump comments again on brexit on the eve of his arrival in london, saying the uk should be prepared to leave the eu without a deal. this is their decision. you'rejust asking me an opinion, if you do not get the deal you want or a fair deal, then you walk away. former universities minister sam gyimah says he is standing in the conservative leadership contest to replace theresa may. he is the 13th candidate to enter the race. i am standing to broaden the race to say, "look, if the choice is between no deal and revoke, then the way to break through this impasse and actually get things moving could be a second vote." cheering
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liverpool win the greatest prize in european football, the champions league, beating tottenham 2—0 in an all—english final in madrid. jubilation for players and fans. it's the sixth time liverpool have won europe's top club championship. the team are now heading home for a victory parade this afternoon. heavy rain and snow is hampering the search for eight climbers, including four people from britain, who are missing in the himalayas. boxer anthonyjoshua has suffered a shock defeat — losing his three world titles in new york to underdog andy ruinunior. and coming up a little later on bbc news — what happens when you get to see for the first time in years? find out in click at half past 12.
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good morning and welcome to bbc news. president trump has made another intervention into british politics, saying the uk should be prepared to leave the eu without a deal. in an interview with the sunday times, mr trump said that if britain did not get what it wanted in talks with brussels, it should "walk away". the us president has made the comments ahead of his arrival in the uk tomorrow for a three—day state visit. our political correspondent susana mendonca has been telling us more. this is donald trump we're talking about and he is delving into politics yet again, so what he's saying today is he is basically saying if britain does not get what britain considers to be a fair deal, it should walk away from a deal with the european union, so effectively promoting the idea of a no—deal brexit, which might go down well with some who are advocating that as a realistic option. but for others they would see this as an unnecessary intervention. but notjust that —
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he is also saying that nigel farage, the leader of the brexit party, should be brought into negotiations between britain and the european union, which is unlikely to go down well with the conservatives because of course the brexit party came first in the european elections. they took a lot of conservative votes but here we have donald trump basically saying that they should have a seat at the top table when it comes to those negotiations. we could work on it very, very quickly. there's tremendous potential of trade with the united states. they wanted to do trade but they've never had a president like me. do you think a matter of months or...? i would go all out and it would be a great advantage to the uk. there's an opportunity, of course, in donald trump's eyes, if britain left without a deal because it has an implication for trade between the us and the uk. exactly, and you have donald trump there talking about this potential for a trade deal with the us. for him, we know he is someone who does not like having to do trade deals with big countries,
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so you see him having his trade war at the moment with china, with mexico, and he is uncomfortable with the european union, so the idea of britain leaving the european union it would be trading with a smaller partner, so, from donald trump's perspective, you can see what the benefit of that would be and for those who are talking about britain outside the european union doing deals with big economies, here we have donald trump saying that within months of britain leaving the eu, he would be willing to do a trade deal so they can play it to their favour, those calling for a no—deal brexit. one of the frontrunners in the race for the conservative leadership, home secretary sajid javid, says that the irish backstop, the arrangements for keeping the irish border open after brexit, need to be re—negotiated. he believes a plan for a "modern digitised border" between northern ireland and the republic of ireland would "unlock a brexit deal".
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i would try to renegotiate the backstop. and what i would do in doing that is i would focus on ireland. i think ireland is the absolute key to this. you could say it is the tail that wags the dog. we need to make sure that we can do more to build that goodwill with ireland, give them more confidence. i have thought long and hard about this. in my department at the moment i have border force. we have done work for months on what alternative arrangements that border could look like and what is missing is that goodwill and what i would do is i would make a grand gesture, a grand offer, to ireland, that we would cover all their costs, the upfront costs, the running costs, of a new digitised border. i think it can be done in a couple of years but we would cover their costs. the former universities minister sam gyimah has announced he is entering the tory party leadership race. he's the 13th candidate tojoin the contest, and says he is in favour of a public vote on any brexit deal. earlier, he told me that leaving
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the eu without a deal would be an abject failure. what we should focus on is the choice in front of us. the deal that theresa may negotiated, which is the only deal out there, has been heavily defeated several times and is not going to get through parliament. in this leadership contest we have seen all the candidates bunching around no deal or to say that somehow they can reawaken the deal that is dead. i am standing to broaden the race to say if the choice is between no deal and revoke the way to break through this impasse and get things moving could be a second vote. it is not what i wanted as my first preference. it is not what anyone else wanted but it is either that or we leave without a deal which would be an abject failure. another referendum. what would the question be? it is binary with a referendum. it cannot contain
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all those subtleties. what would you ask? we have to have a referendum that brings the country together and although i disagree with that i would have no deal on the ballot paper, i would have theresa may's deal and i would have remain. there are two ways to deal with it. either you have a transferable vote system or you have leave and remain and if the country votes leave you have a second bit where you go for theresa may's deal or no deal. what about michael gove‘s idea of asking the eu 27 to extend article 50 in the hope that you can revisit with a fresh pair of eyes, with a fresh leader involved, get a different deal? we are in danger of getting into asking for lots of extensions. we have already had two of them. the fundamental choice does not
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change which is if the eu will not open the withdrawal agreement then we are either leaving without a deal as andrea leadsom wants to do or we have to give the people another say. tens of thousands of liverpool fans are expected to take to the streets of the city to celebrate the club's historic champions league win. jurgen klopp‘s team were crowned champions of europe for a sixth time when they beat spurs 2—0 in madrid last night. the team have begun theirjourney back from the spanish capital. they'll parade the trophy on an open—top bus through the city starting at lipm, culminating in a celebration on the waterfront. anna holligan is in central madrid, where fans have been celebrating all night. those who have not decided to go home yet still look prettyjubilant. they are still celebrating. they are starting to pack up their luggage and their memories and get ready for
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this transition back to the uk and some hangovers that you can imagine. this most prestigious piece of silverware behind us has transformed madrid over the last 2a hours. people are talking about how the game did not live up to those expectations, remarkably high off of the back of the incredible semi—finals. what we have been witnessing is the behaviour of the fa ns witnessing is the behaviour of the fans that will go down in memory. changing the reputation of british fa ns changing the reputation of british fans abroad. the camaraderie and the peaceful nature of how people have conducted themselves here. we have two of these 70,000 fans. it is tricky for you guys, i am sorry, because this was meant to be your first ever champions league trophy and it was not to be. unfortunately not. we gave what we could. it was not. we gave what we could. it was not our night. it was not meant to
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be. liverpool deserve a trophy. they should have won the league and they did not get that. your sex ever european champions league. the most important cup in football. how does it feel to be a liverpool fan? to important cup in football. how does it feelto be a liverpoolfan? to be here last night was absolutely great. after the season we have had we could not have asked for anything more. do you think there's a sense that the cosmos is the all english final in more than a decade the fans have had this togetherness that you would not normally expect in something weather is so much at sta ke ? something weather is so much at stake? yeah, even after the game when had to walk past the liverpool fans it was all patting each other
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oi'i fans it was all patting each other on the back and it was lovely. we did not see anything that you could complain about. both teams deserved it and liverpool ended up on top. have you had any sleet? not a lot. you are studying in liverpool. what is that going to be like?” you are studying in liverpool. what is that going to be like? i am sure it will be painful for a little while but hats off to them. it was great to be here and everybody has had such a fantastic time. it was great for both sets of fans. singing to the end. we will be back. not much voice left for me. are you heading back over? no, tomorrow, we flew to gibraltar. it has been an ethic journey flew to gibraltar. it has been an ethicjourney for most of flew to gibraltar. it has been an ethic journey for most of the fans. 100,000 approximately british fans
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here in spain. what was your trip over like because it has been difficult for a lot of people?‘ over like because it has been difficult for a lot of people? a lot of people got here whatever way they could. we are fortunate to be flying back to liverpool today. people were getting here whichever way they could just be here. getting here whichever way they couldjust be here. 20,000 getting here whichever way they could just be here. 20,000 who did not have tickets, you were one of the lucky ones. it was fantastic inside the stadium. i was so fortunate to get a ticket in the first place so i am made up. amazing memories to take back. everyone now looking forward to the victory parade through the streets of liverpool later today, an open top bus. the team have been treating, liverpool, they are waiting to greet thousands of fans who will be on the street to welcome them. it has been
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a glorious 2a hours for english club football and i think we can agree it isa football and i think we can agree it is a good thing for everyone. definitely. it was really special. and for others it was fantastic, number six. thank you. indian airforce helicopters have joined the search for eight climbers who are missing on one of india's highest mountains — nanda devi in the himalayas. the group — which includes four britons — begun the ascent almost three weeks ago, but failed to return to base camp. an official in uttarakhand confirmed there had been an avalanche in the area. rebecca hartmann reports. it is known as one of the toughest climbs in the himalayas. at an imposing 7000 metres, nanda devi is the second highest mountain in india, and now eight climbers are missing three weeks after they started to climb. the aim of the expedition was the east peak of nanda devi, which lies close to the border with china.
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they were to take a route along the north—east ridge, which has never been successfully climbed before. it is very technical, meaning you are notjust walking on a path, you are using ice axes, when it is icy it might turn into rock when you have to climb differently, so you are using multiple skills at one time to scale the mountain. it is a very challenging mountain even by its more common route. this is a mountain that has only seen 13 or 1a successful expeditions since it was first climbed in 1936. the rescue effort had to be paused due to harsh weather conditions. local officials fear they may have been hit by an avalanche. this comes at the end of what has been a particularly deadly climbing season in the himalayas. at least 11 people have died on the nepalese side of mount everest so far this year. many have blamed overcrowding for the high death toll after this photo showing heavy crowds taken
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at the summit went viral. the university of york have put out a statement this morning saying... "we can confirm that one of our lecturers, dr richard payne, travelled to the himalayas on holiday and we remain extremely concerned for his safety." mountaineer alan hinks knows the himalayas incredibly well and has known the expedition leader martin moran for a0 years. he is a massively experienced mountaineer. virtually every hillwalker in britain will have heard of him. he lives in scotland. he was the first man to climb all the munros in winter on a single round. he has a wealth of experience. i cannot say how much of an experienced mountaineer he is. it is worrying news.
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they have been missing two or three days. given his experience, what does that tell you about the severity of the situation this group is in that we have not heard from them for all this time? i am still holding out hope because people can go missing in the himalayas for a week. you can get trapped and you might have to dig a snow hole and survive several days but the monsoon is moving in, which is very heavy rain, and it is dumping amounts of snow and bad weather in the mountains. we are worried there is an avalanche involved and no matter how experienced you are the mountain does not know how experienced you are or that you are an avalanche expert. the avalanche prediction is not that accurate, it is a bit like meteorologists. there is still hope. you got stuck in the himalayas at one point. yes, i have been stuck in the himalayas not far
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from where this mountain is and we were trapped for seven days. our friends left us for dead and handed our passports in to the british commission but we survived ten days and later we arrived back. that is another reason i am holding out hope. the weather will be getting worse with the monsoon unfortunately. martin is one of the most experienced mountaineers in the world, a lovely guy, strong and experienced. we are hoping if anyone can pull it off he can with the team. we talk about the himalayas as if they are some kind of homogenous area but i imagine the differences between each of the peaks is enormous. yes. a huge area. encompassing tibet, nepal, india, pakistan. in the western himalaya into pakistan the monsoon will not have hit there yet but it is starting to encroach
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into this part of india making the weather worse and the monsoon will be moving up everest. to put that photograph into perspective, there will be nobody on everest probably until april next year. it is only a bit of an anomaly on one day, that 200 people. the headlines on bbc news: donald trump has again intervened in british politics, saying the new conservative leader should be prepared to walk away from the eu without a deal. former universities minister sam gyimah says he is standing in the conservative leadership contest to replace theresa may. he is the 13th candidate to enter the race. liverpool fans celebrated into the night — after their team's champions league victory in madrid. a bomb found under a serving police officer's car at a golf club in belfast is being treated as attempted murder. the discovery yesterday afternoon forced the evacuation of the club while army bomb disposal experts made the device safe.
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police say they suspect dissident republicans planted the device. the head of the terrorism investigation unit said the device "was clearly intended to kill the police officer". the home secretary, sajid javid, has said the number of migrants attempting to cross the channel to reach the uk is "deeply concerning". yesterday, 7a people on eight boats tried to make the crossing when they were intercepted by the uk border force off the south coast. a criminal investigation is now underway. a cruise ship appears to have lost control while it was docking in venice this morning. the msc 0pera can be seen here crashing into the wharf and hitting a tourist boat. those on the quayside began running away as the ship scraped along the dock with its horn blaring, before knocking into the tourist boat. local media say two people have minor injuries, while another two are thought to have been taken to hospital for check—ups. simon skinner is in venice and saw the cruise ship
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crash into the harbour it is quite a spectacle and shows you the sheer power of these vessels. absolutely. they do not stop easily and the survey did seem to be going a lot faster than the normal cruise ships. it had talks as normal cruise ships. it had talks as normal to the front and rear but when we were watching it it was clear that it was of course and it was like a slow motion disaster, crashing into the bath. it was very fortu nate crashing into the bath. it was very fortunate that bishop crashed into the dock because effort had gone further it would have crushed the smaller vessel. when did you become aware there a problem? we were in bed and we were woken up by this blaring horn from outside our hotel window which was opposite the canal.
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we got up and looked out and saw the massive ship going along the canal which separates the main part of venice, from a sort of banana shaped island. we are looking at some of the pictures you have shared with us. the pictures you have shared with us. it looked like it was still moving up quite a speed being so close to land. yes. cruise ships to go close to land. yes. cruise ships to 9° up close to land. yes. cruise ships to go up and down the canal and normally there are tugs and they go quite slowly. the cruise ship dropped its anchor as an emergency measure so dropped its anchor as an emergency measure so it was not going as fast as it was previously but these are heavy vessels and clearly they take a lot to stop them. until you have stood next to when you do not realise how big they are. no. this is not the largest one which goes up and down the canal. there are very
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much larger cruise ships waiting to go past and dock who have been held off for a few hours while they sort out the problems with the two ships that have been together. have you got to close as you can to the quayside? the hotel opposite has gotten quayside? the hotel opposite has gotte n very quayside? the hotel opposite has gotten very good there and we have been keeping well out of the way. there is a lot of emergency and other vessels on the other side the canal. we have not been too close. you cannot get too close. there have been people on the other side and it looks like there is a considerable bit of damage on the dock itself. we know there have been some minor injuries and a couple of people in hospital but it could have been more serious. absolutely. it was very fortu nate. serious. absolutely. it was very fortunate. the smaller vessel was probably mostly empty with people on
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their way into venice but clearly had the larger vessel crashed into the smaller one it would have crushed it. a lucky escape and perhaps good piloting by the captain at the last moment. i don't know for sure. it seems very strange because they were ropes attached to the tugs before and after and italian media we re before and after and italian media were reporting that one of the ropes had cut from the tug but from what we can see it was as normal, it was just that the ship was moving faster or more out—of—control than would otherwise have happened as the ships go otherwise have happened as the ships 9° up otherwise have happened as the ships go up and down this canal. much more detailfor go up and down this canal. much more detail for us go up and down this canal. much more detailfor us to get go up and down this canal. much more detail for us to get to the bottom. i understand you are on a wedding anniversary trip. that is correct. it is certainly memorable for you.
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have a lovely weekend and happy anniversary to you and your wife. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's will. good afternoon. it has been a very interesting last 24 it has been a very interesting last 2a hours of sport. the big question today is what next for anthonyjoshua after he was stunned in the early hours of the morning, one of the biggest upsets in heavyweight boxing history. joshua knocked out by andy ruizjr in the seventh round at madison square garden. it's the first defeat of his professional career with the mexican taking joshua's ibf, wbo and wba world heavyweight titles from him. 0ur reporter ade adedoyin is in new york for us. not many predicted that it would be anthonyjoshua who would be counted out. in his eagerness to finish
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the fight he ended up getting caught with a big punch. he looked really unsettled and dropped twice again in the seventh round before the referee stopped it. a stunning upset, one of the biggest in boxing history. what does he do now? his promoter says he would like him to exercise a rematch clause. joshua says he would like to face deontay wilder. wilderfacing tyson fury early next year. the earliest anthonyjoshua will be able to face wilder will be late next year. he has a lot to figure out what went wrong. what a performance for his opponent to make history by becoming the first mexican heavyweight champion of the world and he said his life will change forever. anthonyjoshua was supposed to make a big splash at this iconic venue that has featured some
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of the greatest fighters in history. he did not have the ending he expected. it is my fault. i have to deal with it. i got caught on the top of the head and did not recover in time. it did not work out. i need to tidy up and go again. this is part of a journey that i am on. this is boxing and i have to re—evaluate the situation and make it better and go again. i did not come this far to stop. to fold under pressure. we came this far and i feel like we can definitely go a lot further. i wanted to prove everybody wrong, all the doubters, thinking that i was going to lose in the third round, the first round. i was looking at comments as well. but what do you know, man? i'm the first mexican heavyweight champion of the world. cheering.
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iam i am still pinching myself to see if this is real. good on him. he was bullied at school. liverpool's players are on a plane on their way back from madrid for this afternoon's trophy parade in their home city after winning the champions league for the sixth time last night. captain jordan henderson and the rest of the side erased the disappointment of last season's champions league final with victory over tottenham in the spanish capital. liverpool bossjurgen klopp said in his first press conference afterjoining the club "judge me after four seasons" — now he finally has some silverware and says the future is bright. this is only the start for this
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group, it is still a wonderful age group, they all have the best times of their career ahead of them, so that is big for me. i'm really happy. i have a lot of silver medals and now i have a golden one so that will go next to the silver medals in my house and that is cool. johanna konta is fighting for a place in the quarterfinals of the french open, and she's taken the first set against donna vekic, in what's proving to be a very evenly matched game so far. before this year, konta had never won a main—draw match at roland garros. jo durie was the last british player to make it through to the quarterfinals at the french open, back in 1983. and south africa are playing bangladesh at the oval in the cricket world cup. south africa are bowling after winning the toss. tamim iqbal opened for bangladesh despite worries he wouldn't be fit.
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but andile phehlukwayo took his wicket when he came into the attack. his opening partner soumya made 42 before chris morris got the second. bangladesh though going well at 166 for 2 after 26 overs. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hottest day of the year so far yesterday. 28 degrees at heathrow. we could see 28 again today but our heat is increasingly confined to eastern counties of england. a weather system is bringing in showers from the west and also picking up the breeze. we will see skies brighten considerably behind the front for the likes of the south—west of england and wales by the time we get to late afternoon. the front goes across eastern england through the evening. clear skies behind and across scotland and northern ireland through the evening and overnight blustery winds but a
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fresh night in the south. lots of sunshine first thing on monday. to the north with a low pressure still nearby there will be more showers and quitea nearby there will be more showers and quite a breezy story. temperatures peaking at 20 or 21 and the south—east. hello, this is bbc news with martine croxall. the headlines: president trump comments again on brexit on the eve of his arrival in london — saying the uk should be prepared

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