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this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at eight. three more conservatives set out their stalls in the leadership contest — rory stewart is the latest to make his pitch. to stop the uk leaving the european union without an agreement. oxfam is given an official warning by the charity watchdog, following allegations of serious sexual misconduct by its staff in haiti. dozens of survivors and relatives of the grenfell tower fire are taking legal action in the united states against three firms they blame for the tragedy. a government regulators saying large amounts of data handled by the business is unlawful.
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more conservative candidates have launched their campaigns to replace theresa may as party leader and become the next prime minister — and brexit remains the defining issue. andrea leadsom, mark harper and rory stewart are among the 10 candidates vying for the topjob. they all now face the first ballot on thursday, when conservative mps cast their votes. the result will be known by lunchtime. the candidates will be whittled down further in more ballots by tory mps, ending on the 20thjune — when just two candidates remain. then the conservative party membership gets its say — they can vote from the 22nd june. the final result will be announced — in the week ofjuly 22nd when we should have
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a new prime minister. our deputy political editorjohn pienaar looks at their different pledges on how they'll tackle brexit. good morning, mrjohnson. no time to talk, no time to comb his hair. the silence and that look are still working. boris johnson's front runner for tory leader and the others are having to catch up. so, it's show time. time for big promises, bigger the better, especially brexiteers promising we will leave the eu on time, with or without a deal. leaving the eu on the 31st of october is, for me, a hard red line. parliament will not allow a brexit with no deal. the eu say they will not renegotiate a better one. so although you fear an election and would hate another referendum, will you be honest with the country and admit that they could soon become the
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only option is left? my managed exit offers sensible measures and it will be agreed to, in my opinion. other members say they would take britain out with no deal if they have to. if we got to the end of october and the choice was between no deal and the brexit, i would take no deal, thank you very much. the going is harder for michael gove now, saying sorry for taking cocaine two decades ago, saying he might delay an offer too an offer but not too long, before making brexit happen. if you are close to securing a deal, as everyone will know, you take the extra hours, days or weeks to conclude it otherwise all your efforts have been set at naught. more candidates, more promises. jeremy hunt would love to call number ten home so he was saying he would get a new eu deal because he is such a fine deal—maker.
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so does cabinet colleague, matt hancock. brexiteer esther mcveigh is one who says no need to fear deal. fear no deal. and so does dominic raab who has gathered more support from mps. rory stewart talks about no brexit. rory stewart talks about no deal brexit. on one hand, a fairy story. on the other hand, improvements, that is going to make this so much it is going to make this so much better, so much a happier country. less fancied contender mark arthur's message, his hands are clean. if rivals in the cabinet couldn't put off brexit, why believe them now? if they had a magic plan, a way of getting us out of the european union, my question is, why didn't they speak up over the last three years? in other words, this campaign is about inflated promises and unrealistic plans to sideline parliament.
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with big pledges to spend billions and cut taxes, thrown in that would not be approved. in that they would not be approved. seemingly in politics, the impossible can happen. but can anybody remember a campaign that stretched belief like this one? no sign of key eu leaders softening their line today. some people in london seem to think that because commons failed to ratify the agreement, that automatically means they will get a better one. that is a terrible miscalculation. today and tomorrow here, candidates hustings for tory mps, who will narrow the field to two. more pitches, more promises. our political correspondent ben wright is at westminster. as we were hearing, lots of board promises today but we have not still heard yet from the front runner,
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borisjohnson. heard yet from the front runner, boris johnson. he will be there tomorrow and launch himself into this campaign. he has succeeded so farand this campaign. he has succeeded so far and becoming the front runner without saying a word. no broadcast interviews, one interview in the sunday times. he has floated a couple of policy ideas and the column that he wrote in the telegraph but he has been keeping his head down and other candidates have noticed this and have gently ridiculed him for and he will be heard from soon and, he has everything to lose in this. people consider them to be the front runner, publicly declared nomination by taurean piece and i think the question at the moment among taurean piece is who will go to the final round of this because of the memberships after the tory mps, anything could happen between them,
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but the widespread expectations is that he has to make some serious m ista kes that he has to make some serious mistakes and go totally off course the next few days for have not to be one of the final two to come through the vote of the membership. and brexit, as we have been saying, still the defining issue in this contest still the defining issue in this co ntest a nd still the defining issue in this contest and labour have tabled a ci’oss contest and labour have tabled a cross party motion for tomorrow to stop a future prime minister pushing through a no—deal brexit. stop a future prime minister pushing through a no-deal brexit. it is the dividing issue and the date that every lady is talking about is october the 31st with the latest extension that the eu gave to the uk expires and we are set to leave without a deal. that is the legal default position in the eu and uk law and within the tory party, an internal scrap between contenders, whether or not the uk should simply leave regardless, with or without a
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deal. the brexiteers, dominic, boris johnson, who say that the uk should go without a deal and others, michael deal that he will be prepared to ask for more time and rory stewart who had a compelling launch of his campaign sing absolutely under no circumstances can that be countenanced by a future prime minister and within the argument, all sorts of speculation about what may or may not be possible in terms of renegotiation with the eu between now and then. labour looking down at the mac on at all of this to insert parliament in this process and for no—deal brexit, there is no parliamentary mechanism for them to stop a prime minister taking the uk and of the eu. they can taking the uk and of the eu. they ca n ex press taking the uk and of the eu. they can express their opinion, but tomorrow, there will be an opposition debate on emotion that if passed, would carve out time in the timetable on the 25th ofjune, four
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mps will vote on legislation to close down a no—deal brexit. precisely how that would work is not clear at the moment, but it seems to bea clear at the moment, but it seems to be a repeat of the effort pioneered successfully by yvette cooper when they did the same and got it through by just they did the same and got it through byjust one they did the same and got it through by just one vote. they did the same and got it through byjust one vote. 14 tory mps voted with opposition parties and supported that effort to take a no—deal brexit of the table. so a really interesting and important parallel parliamentary process going while tory contenders argue about whether or not a no—deal brexit is something they could stomach. will see a 1040 and 1130 this evening in the papers, joining me tonight to review tomorrow's papers
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is the telegraph. in the broadcaster david davis. oxfam — one of britain's biggest and best known charities — has been given a warning by the charity commission, that's the official watchdog in england and wales. it follows an inquiry into how oxfam dealt with claims that some of its staff were involved in sexual misconduct — including paying for sex — while they were in haiti to help victims of the earthquake in 2010. the report says that the charity failed to investigate fully allegations that children might have been involved. oxfam has repeatedly apologised and today its chair of trustees described the episode as shameful. manveen rana reports. amid scenes of catastrophic damage, the earthquake in haiti in 2010 left hundreds of thousands dead and 1.5 million people without homes. but as this report shows, oxfam, one of the biggest charities that went into haiti to help, allowed its staff to sexually exploit desperate and vulnerable women and young girls. the report said there
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was a culture of poor behaviour and rather than helping victims, oxfam were driven by a desire to protect the charity's reputation and donor relationships. as a result, victims, whistle—blowers and those staff who try to raise concerns, were let down. no charity is more important than the mission it exists to serve other people it exists to serve. no charity, no matter how much good it is doing, can trade off that good against keeping people safe from harm. roland van hauwermeiren, the head of oxfam in haiti, should have been keeping people safe, but he used his position and oxfam villa to exploit local women. he was allowed to resign rather than be sacked so he could carry on working in the charity sector with his reputation intact. but the legacy he left behind was devastating. that is the absolutely
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agonisingly, dreadful thing about this. these people were desperate and they came to us for safety, clean water and real help and they were betrayed. and it will be a source ithink, a permanent regret to everyone in oxfam that this happened to us and by us and by our people. and that it wasn't handle better at the time. but i think we are now going to learn the lessons from that. when the scandal broke, thousands of donors withdrew their support, costing the charity £14 million. now, oxfam needs to rebuild trust. but the problems are far broader than the scandal in haiti, according to the whistle—blower heaven evans, the head of safeguarding for oxfam. what good are the aid agencies if they deliver aid but leave a legacy
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of sexual exploitation and abuse? my hope is this report is the wake—up call the sector needs. there have been a lot of fine words and promises but we need to see action and change. the culture of change will take many, many years. haiti brought the problems to light, but incidents of sexual misconduct at oxfam also found closer to home amongst volunteers in high street shops. the report detailed 16 serious incidents in volunteers under the age of 18. it is a source of great regret they happen. we work hard to keep all the young people who work with us safe and give them a good and valuable experience. safeguarding as everyone's responsibility. that is why we put through every member of staff through basic safeguarding training and 95% of them have already done it. the charity commission has issued an official warning to oxfam. it will be directing and closely monitoring the charity until those changes are in place.
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our correspondent will grant joins me from the haitian capital, the inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal has heard evidence from a man who's five haemophiliac siblings were infected. four ofjohn cornes' brothers have died. they were among thousands of nhs patients who were given blood infected with hepatitis c or hiv in the 1970s and 80s. the inquiry has now moved to leeds — from where our health editor, hugh pym, reports. i cry when i think of me nephews and me nieces that haven't got dads. luckily, i'm still here. i don't know how long i'm going to be here for. john was one of six brothers with haemophilia. three died because they were infected with hiv through blood products provided by the nhs. one of his brothers infected a girlfriend and the family was hounded by reporters, even at one of the funerals in the early 1990s,
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as he explained to the enquiry. we had them hiding in the bushes, there was lots, at least 50 reporters in the bushes. and it made us really infuriated, knowing they were taking pictures, they didn't ask permission or anything. all they wanted was to get the grieving "aids family." he said his mother never recovered after the shock of her losses. she'd be alive if it wasn't for what happened. because she was a strong woman, and the tragedy has brought... ripped her heart out. john and two other brothers contracted hepatitis c as a result of their treatment. one died two years ago. john himself has struggled with depression. i've always been a positive person and i think everybody public goes through a spell in their lives.
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i really felt like just getting in the car and smashing into something. it was a big decision to actually give evidence. what does it feel like now you've done that? it's a massive thing. but i haven't come just for myself. it's for the whole of the family, to represent them. my dead brothers. i felt they were in the room with me. my sister, me brothers that are alive who've been through hell. three more conservatives set out their stalls in the leadership contest — and brexit remains the defining issue. labour is to make a fresh attempt in parliament tomorrow to stop the uk leaving the european union without an agreement. oxfam is given an official warning by the charity watchdog, following allegations of serious sexual misconduct by its staff in haiti.
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sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. good evening. three of the home nations are in action as they look to qualify for next summer's european championships. northern ireland are hoping to make history if they can beat belarus and make it four wins in a row for the first time at the start of a qualifying campaign. it's currently 745 kick offs. wales could put themselves top of their group with victory over hungary, whilst scotland belgium... there were three games at the women's world cup today... the netherlands beat new zealand in group e. jill roord scored the only goal, late into stoppage time to seal
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the win for the european champions. they're now unbeaten in five games in all competitions and have gone 400 minutes without conceding a goal. meanwhile, the match betwen chile and sweden had to be haulted in the second half due to a thunderstorm in rennes. but the swedes were quick to capitalise once the match resumed, kosova re asllani with the pick of the goals as they beat chile 2—0 right now on the bbc sport website and red button are defending champions the usa taking on thailand. last time out the usa were nine—nil winners, the last time they played against thailand ina the last time they played against thailand in a friendly. no one is expecting a shock there for the defending champions in charge
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already. another match at the cricket world cup has been abandoned because of bad weather. not a ball was bowled between sri lanka and bangladesh in bristol. that's three of the 16 games abandoned so far due to rain, and the second game the sri lankans haven't been able to complete. their match against pakistan was also washed out. bangladesh's head coach steve rhodes has questioned why organisers don't have a contingency plan in place. we have quite a lot of time in between games and if we do have to travel a day later than so be it. we put men on the moon. so, why can we have a reserve day when this tournament is a long tournament. they spread out the game so i would say that it is disappointing for the crowd as well, they got tickets to see a game of cricket and it would be up to them if they can get there the day after. golf's third major of the year — the us open — starts on thursday at
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pebble beach in california. tiger woods has been practising alongside ryder cup team—mate bryson dechambeau at the venue where he won the first of his three us opens nineteen years ago. dechambeau was just six at the time — probably can't recall too much of that win. it's still enshrined in golfing folklore though. rickie fowler, meanwhile was 11 when woods showed the world his best... 99, early to thousands probably some of the most impressive and dominant golf that anyone had ever seen and when you can get into that frame of mind and block everything else out, thatis mind and block everything else out, that is where you want to be and where you want to. it is a lot easier said than done but i tried to do that every week and i do not think we haven't seen very many dominant performances like that. not many since then. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website.
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that's bbc dot co dot uk slash sport the united states have taken a two nil lead over thailand. that is all, back to you. dozens of survivors and relatives of victims of the grenfell fire are taking legal action in the us against three firms they blame for the tragedy. today their lawyers confirmed that a wrongful death lawsuit has been filed. the first defendant is arconic inc. and two of its related entities arconic is a pennsylvania—based corporation. the second defendant to seletch corporation. another pennsylvania—based corporation. and a the defendant is whirlpool corporation for michigan. the fire that occurred on june 14, 2017 started in a refrigerator that was manufactured by whirlpool subsidiary, hotpoint.
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the fire started because there were flammable plastic components in the back of the refrigerator, which ignited and caused the fire. that fire spread to the exterior of the building and that is when it truly became uncontrollable. once the fire reached the insulation that was manufactured by seletechs, and the cladding those manufactured by arconic, it raged uncontrollably throughout the building due to their flammable nature. it turned the grenfell tower into a cylinder of fire, which entrapped the victims and killed 72. this case is filed in america to hold the american corporations responsible for the devastation and tragedy that they caused. we bring tonnes of product liability and seek compensatory and punitive damages on behalf of the victims and against the corporations to ensure that no other community has to endure another grenfell.
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well, we can speak now to our correspondent, gary o'donoghue, who's been following the story from philadelphia, and joins us now live from there. i gather that it is not going to be quick, couple of years before it comes to court. yes, it is a massive lawsuit, this is it. 570 pages of it bringing these product liability cases against these three companies the timeline as you say, is not going to be a quick one, we'll have a hearing in the first months' time and if it is allowed to proceed, thenit and if it is allowed to proceed, then it could take more than two yea rs before then it could take more than two years before it comes to a trial and that would be a jury trial here in pennsylvania and those jury trials can award big damages if they are found to be guilty or negligent. in some cases recently, particularly
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involving one of the law firms in this case, there was a settlement well in excess of $200 million for a fire ina well in excess of $200 million for a fire in a building were seven people died. see can see that the sums of money at stake are potentially enormous. and who exactly is bringing these various lawsuits combined? these two law firms, one base from ohio representing 69 of the 72 families that lost a loved one and that buyer, one or two loved ones, they also representing 177 survivors. so they are not absolutely representing everyone, but i say a large majority of those people and they ask one of the lawyers today, but about the public inquiry and criminal investigations that are ongoing in britain, he said this was running parallel and would have no impact on those particular
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processes in britain, so they think they can push ahead here and they seem they can push ahead here and they seem to have the families, or the vast majority of families on board with that and bear in mind, these attorneys are working without fees to stocked with —— start with. they're starting with their own costs a nd they're starting with their own costs and i do not know the arrangement and if they were damages, that is presumably where they will get paid. but they will have a slow process. they do say that if it comes to court, they will be one of the biggest product liability cases ever to have been heard in the united states court. thank you very much indeed. given a warning by the charity commission that is the official watchdog in england and wales and
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follows a n watchdog in england and wales and follows an inquiry as to how they dealt with claims that some of its staff were involved in sexual misconduct, including paying for sex while they were trying to help victims of the haitian earthquake backin victims of the haitian earthquake back in 2010. our correspondent can join us now from haiti and what has been the reaction of the government there for this report on oxfam?“ you think the wording was a strong rebuke, as you can imagine, here in haiti, the government is still incensed over what took place here will stop i spoke to the foreign minister and he said unfortunately confirming the aid sector had been tarnished by what he calls a shameful group of sexual predators and even paedophiles. he cannot imagine much stronger words about what happened - we think about the what happened and we think about the details, it is hardly surprising. this is a group of very privileged western men coming in after the
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terrible disaster of 2010, the earthquake that left almost a million displaced they were supposed to help the most vulnerable people and then we found out what happened to allegedly underaged victims as well. not at all surprising that they have come out strongly to this report. ended those government officials, are they blaming oxfam specifically or do they think this is something that is been carried out by other aid agencies? because haiti has been a recipient of aid it is one of the poorest countries in the world. i think it is about a culture of abuse. the foreign minister said for example, that they had strengthened the scrutiny that would take place for aid workers working here. and they also said that it was time to turn the page and that they had to find ways to rebuild trust, which suggests to me that while they may not be leading oxfa m that while they may not be leading oxfam back into haiti, because of
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because they have been banned since all this took place. the array to accept the apology and work with those aid agencies because it is worth tens of millions, hundreds of millions to the economy every year. how has haiti recovered from that earthquake back in 2010? i remember covering it and it was absolutely devastating. so many dead, so much destruction, how has it faired since then? it really depends on where you 90, then? it really depends on where you go, there are some parts you'll find unrecognisable and the devastation that was because that they had managed to rebuild. but there are still people in camps, believe it or not. people that are still homeless, tens of thousands, coming to the decade anniversary next year. reconstruction work in haiti is slow at the best of times but we have scandals like this taking place, where people were not doing their jobs are being responsible actors in
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this country. that only complicates matters further. thank you very much indeed for being with us. will directly, our correspondent. we will get the weather, coming to half past eight. good evening, another day of soggy weather, persistent rain across lincolnshire, yorkshire, northwest england, parts to the south of that, heavy downpours which broke out during the afternoon, some of the showers will tend to fade away overnight and are band of rain will make some progress in the northwest, very slow progress across wells, northern england and going into southern scotland and northern ireland, temperatures between nine and 12 degrees. before tomorrow morning, we will see a band of cloud and rain moving into northern ireland in southern scotla nd northern ireland in southern scotland to the south of that, some dry weather to start but it looks like will see this lump of heavy
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rain, and persistent rain will see a scattering of heavy thunder he downpours, so quite a cool feeling day as well. similar story on thursday, some pretty heavy downpours and those temperatures disappointing. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... three more conservatives set out their stalls
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in the leadership contest — and brexit remains the defining issue. labour is to make a fresh attempt in parliament tomorrow to stop the uk leaving the european union without an agreement. oxfam is given an official warning by the charity watchdog, following allegations of serious sexual misconduct by its staff in haiti. dozens of survivors and relatives of victims of the grenfell fire are taking legal action in the us against three firms they blame for the tragedy. and — a government regulator says the storage and handling of large amounts of data by the security service m15 is "undoubtedly unlawful". let's go back to brexit now and labour has tabled a cross—party motion to try to stop a future prime minister pushing through a no—deal brexit against the wishes of mps. the party plans to force a vote in the commons tomorrow which would give mps control
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of the timetable on 25june. labour says if the motion passes, mps will be able to introduce legislation on that day to avoid a no—deal scenario at the end of october. welljoining me now from westminster is shadow northern ireland secretary tony lloyd... thank you for being with us. what's the idea of this motion, chris brexiteers people have voted to leave will say this is more a gamesmanship in parliament. leave will say this is more a gamesmanship in parliamentlj leave will say this is more a gamesmanship in parliament. i think it's consistent with what we had been doing before but what we have seen been doing before but what we have seen since the european elections is a conservative leadership called, which has been dominated by one man and not one man is nigel farage, he is driven to tories night and day are now racing down to the nokia brexit to try to catch the brexit party off, but of course
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parliament has said consistently, there is no majority for a no—deal brexit are no deal would be damaging to the economy to jobs in the economy and we have seen in recent days, the closure of the ford plans. missing other parts of the manufacturers saying how devastating no deal would be, so i think it's right and proper that we build and it's important probably people listening and watching recognise this, it's an all party group, they even have an understanding tonight at that rory stewart to of the tory leadership candidates who said he will support this motion. leadership candidates who said he will support this motionlj leadership candidates who said he will support this motion. i think now he said he will not support it. it's a shame, he's being lent on those few short minutes. we don't know that that he initially said he was sympathetic but i thinking irate because of the motion and said he will not support it. that's fine,
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i'm happy to say that this choice but i'm disappointed because they are our conservative mps who are backing up the motion, there are members of parliament effectively overwhelmingly across different parts of the parliamentary parties representing here in westminster, so it's a genuine attempt, yes to take control of the agenda, that you take control of the agenda, that you take control of the agenda, that you take control of the agenda to prevent one individual, an individual who becomes the prime minister as a result of hundred thousand conservative voters, simply allowing our nation to crash out. actually, that mandate from those hundred thousand people could never be enough to override the will of parliament. you mentioned nigel farage and his brexit party, he was the big winner and his party were in the big winner and his party were in the european elections as well with people voting in large numbers along the lines of his message, which was
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we need to leave and honour the results of the 2016 referendum, and get out of the eu. but then we can debate who whined and how they won, it isa debate who whined and how they won, it is a strong argument that there was not a majority and there was not one for no—deal brexit yes nigel farage and the brexit party did well but they certainly. what they did better than your party. but they didn't get the majority the point i'm trying to make is this motion tomorrow is supported not simply by labour and peace, it supported by members of parliament across the hall of the house of commons, that was genuinely does make it significant. you know what numbers you have, you're talking about a lot of support and across parliament, do you think you can get it through? yes, i think we've got to try to get there, there was an has been no majority for a no—deal brexit and
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the comments that's a consistent message so i'm hopefully tomorrow that this will go through. of course, until we actually see the parliamentary tellers and they enough to vote, we are not going to know. how many tory mps do you think you need on your site to get this through? we would need enough to ove rco m e through? we would need enough to overcome the majority, of the conservative party and dup. which is a very small number, but i cannot predict how many conservative mps but i can say you look on the order paper, already this motion is being supported by conservative members of parliament. and that is very significant, but we also know of christ we had people like the chancellor, saying that a no—deal brexit is not in the interest of the country. we had had teresa make outgoing prime minister saying that is in no—deal brexit let out a consent of parliament, so within this, we know... that you say that
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but still unless you can create one, there isn't yet a parliamentary mechanism, parliament may want a no—deal brexit but they yet do not have a mechanism to stop a no—deal brexit. i know that's what you're trying to do but actually the new prime minister whoever they may be, could just run down the clock and allow to follow the eu on october 31. but that's the reason for having motion tomorrow and then hiding the order paper controlled by parliament onjune order paper controlled by parliament on june 25 because order paper controlled by parliament onjune 25 because that would change that dynamic. yes of course we've heard that from some of the leadership candidates for the prime minister role saying they would do just what you decide, i'll run down the clock until the october 31 there is no mandate on that and there is certainly no mandate given by such small aleatoric as a small aleatoric as 100,000 conservative party members, but if christ is parliament, and you are right to point out to me, i have got to see
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the majority tomorrow and then again onjune the majority tomorrow and then again on june the 25th, the majority tomorrow and then again onjune the 25th, to take control of that process. last question, we are still very unclear where your leader stands on the whole brexit issue, aren't we? we still have a policy of constructive ambiguity, are you are are you not promising another referendum. i think we had made it clear and corbin has made it clear that one in irrespective of what parliament does buffer, labour would think it's necessary now to put that back to the people of this country. you can collect a second referendum or confirmatory voted as a matter, i don't think there's been inconsistency as well, it is a bit ofa inconsistency as well, it is a bit of a red thing, at the journalist met but nevertheless... come on, jeremy corbyn has been far from clear whether or not he wants another referendum. jeremy corbyn like the labour party is trying to construct like the labour party is trying to co nstru ct a like the labour party is trying to construct a process that honoured
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the original referendum results at brexit, but did it in such a way that it didn't damage the interest of the british economy and i said that in particular, and the concept of the whole uk, didn't create them hybrid or across the island of ireland. actually, within that context, the whole question on the whole question of late there is i did create a majority, ie a chance that letter before and majority in parliament could deliver with the british people want in any particular direction. it's pretty obvious that parliament is very on the back of that, that now anything contentious, certainly where we to see an idea brexit even approaching the order paper, or house a comment, we would want to say to the public, left, it's got to go back to you for that second referendum. thank you so much for your time. a woman — whose three children were murdered by the same man in the 1970s in worcester — was told today that the killer has
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now been released from prison. david mcgreavy killed four year old paul, dawn, who was two, and nine—month—old samantha, at their home in 1973. elsie urry — who now lives in hampshire — told the bbc the news was terrible. she found out it in a telephone call this morning. she's been talking to steve humphrey. anger i suppose, a lot of it was. to think they had let him go. after all the fighting i had been doing to keep him here. it was one of britain's most notorious murders. three young children killed by this man, david mcgreavy. he took three lives and the way he took those lives, you know what i mean? i don't know if you read it all. the murder of the three youngsters in 1973 shocked the nation. paul was four years old, dawn was two, and samantha was nine months. mcgreavy, then 21, had been a lodger at the family's home, he was sentenced
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to life in prison. what's to say that he is not going to do that again on the street to anybody else? yeah? so how can they tell me that he is safe to come out onto the street again? she's been told that mcgreavy has got to wear a tag and is banned from going to certain places, including the area around her home. what's to say that he won't come looking for me or come after me? does that make you feel unsettled? it does, yeah. the ministry ofjustice said that mcgreavy will be subject to a recall to prison if he breaks the terms of his licence. but she's angry and still after all these years, inconsolable at the loss of her three children. i cannot go to any family parties or dues, because all what goes in my head or what is in my head is what might‘ve been. that's all i can see...
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modern slavery preys on the most vulnerable people in society — here in britain. even when they escape the victims' greatest fear is that the traffickers will find them again. today we report on six new pilot schemes in england that aim to prevent that from happening. there are an estimated 136,000 victims of modern slavery in the uk. campaigners say the government's existing programme does not provide adequate support to those who escape the grip of the slavers. tonight, theresa may will tell world leaders at a conference in geneva that they have a "moral duty" to deal with modern slavery. our uk affairs correspondent, jeremy cooke has more. it was terrifying. if i didn't do what they wanted, i got beaten up. i couldn't get away from it. fred is a free man now, but he still lives in fear. fear of being tracked down, after years of being exploited and enslaved. all they wanted was for someone to do their dirty work for them.
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many trafficking victims are from overseas, but fred's an englishman, picked up in his own hometown by men promising honest graft and decent pay. it didn't work out that way. how many days a week would they make you work? seven days a week. nonstop. how many years did this go on? 15 years. it sounds like hell. literally hell. thread was rescued in a police operation and, like all victims of modern slavery, he got official help for 90 days, but it's what happens after that that's a real problem. the risk of returning to the traffickers. it's so easy to fall back into something that is known to you, if the unknown is fearful, and this is what's happening. so, they're still vulnerable and that makes them targets. the perpetrators of modern slavery just go back and sweep them up and pick them up again. this isjohn.
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he ended up homeless after escaping a life of modern day slavery. another survivor who's trusted us with his story. another survivor who must be anonymous. he's still in fear. wow, it's hidden away. living out here putjohn in danger, and still with the mental trauma of what he suffered at the hands of the traffickers. he stabbed me. he put a gun in my face. i'm still running from him, yeah. nobody knows where i am. for victims, these can be moments of maximum vulnerability. john was determined not to go back. my heart, my guts tell me, no, you can't do it again because you don't know what will happen next time. maybe i will be dead, you know, and nobody know about it. a young family, a new start. after they escaped years of exploitation. they've been helped by the pilot pathway scheme. there are six of them across england.
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what we can do, as a pathways pilot... this one is in leeds. the charity, palm cove society, working closely with the city council. they've already helped 60 victims. is everything all right with your housing? because traffickers control people by taking their passports, their ids, there a mountain of paperwork to overcome, to help victims with housing, training, with re—entry to the real world. it's the first time they've been asked, even thought about what they're going to do next because that has been taken away from them. so it's just a fresh start, really. with the right help, things can change. fred is happy now, after his 15—year ordeal. if i was still there now, i wouldn't be alive and walking. now i am living a free life. i've got friends here. what more could anybody want?
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the new pathways project aims to save lives. and if they work, they could soon be rolled out across england, providing stability and safety for those who so badly need it. jeremy cooke, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... three more conservatives set out their stalls in the leadership contest — and brexit remains the defining issue. labour is to make a fresh attempt in parliament tomorrow to stop the uk leaving the european union without an agreement. oxfam is given an official warning by the charity watchdog, following allegations of serious sexual misconduct by its staff in haiti. an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london's it's emerged that the security service m15 has been put into "special measures" because of what's been described as a "historical lack of compliance"
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with the law on managing data gathered during investigations. a highly critical report from the security services watchdog was made public during a hearing at the high court this morning, in a case brought by the campaign group, liberty. our legal correspondent, clive coleman was there. a month ago, the home secretary sajid javid revealed that there had been breaches of the safeguards within the investigatory powers act. you remember that was famously dubbed the snoopers charter, and that's the act that was supposed to put in place serious safeguards to safeguard the privacy of citizens and individuals, whilst also giving to security services. pretty comprehensive power is in terms of obtaining and retaining that data. now what we have heard today in the high court is truly extraordinary, and fact and 15 had been running an operation for the last three years, that has been unlawful and is so unlawful that the information it has obtained, we are talking information obtained by way of warrants,
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that the investigatory powers commissioner, who is a very senior judge has effectively played and my five if you like, like a failing school into special measures relation to the processing of it does warrants. now, this all arises as a result of a legal challenge brought by the civil liberties group liberty, and i'mjoined by megan, whose the legal officer for liberty. megan, it really is strong language that the lord justice has used in this report, which has come, it's the first time today we see the contents of the report. running through the key issues he was concerned about. you are right, it's really shocking what we have heard in court this morning. and what we have heard is, and my five had been holding onto people pass by data, people pass by data, ordinary peoples by data, ordinary people's data, your data, my data. illegally, for many years.
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and not only that, but they have been trying to keep really serious errors in secret, secret from the surveillance watchdogs was supposed to know about them, secret from the home office, secret from the prime minister and secret from the public, and we only know now because of the case. the language used by lord justice, he talks about the gravity of what's gone on and he talks about and my five in effect being in special measures, i mean, that's language we have not heard before. it's true, it's true. and none of us have trust in a way that data is being handled. liberty has been saying for a long time or warning, about the sweeping and rights encroaching powers given to government under this act. it allows them to spy on anyone and collect anyone's data, and now we are learning the data they collect, is also being mishandled and being capped when there is no lawful basis to keep it. so we say that today underscores our concerns and it
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shows that we are not protected, our rights are not protected by this legislation. and our liberties and freedoms are not defended by the safeguard. let's go to some details of the specific things, one people might find especially concerning is the way it handled what's known asa legally professional privileged material. this is material that arises when a person insists that they talk to their lawyers. just run us through a judge's concerns worry about the way that material is retained. so, the concerns are like with other data, that this data is being retained when there is no lawful basis to retain it. so it's been capped forfar longer than it should be kept. by not only that, there are other concerns at the way the material is being handled. this material should not be handled i looked at by people if it's legally privileged. but the system is failing and this data is being seen
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by people in m15 and when it should not be. and there you are, one final detail, the deputy director general of m15 referred to data being held and what what he described as ungoverned spaces, so it truly is a shocking report or decision by the lord justice report or decision by the lord justice and one that m15 are going to have to consider a very carefully. and in the way in which they apply for the warrants to obtain data they need to keep us all safe. wages across the economy grew by 3 point 4 per cent in the three months to april beating economists' expectations. figures from the office for national statistics also show employment remains at an all—time high in the uk. the rate for women also hit a fresh record. the unemployment rate was unchanged, at 3.8% — the lowest since the mid—1970s. dramatic pictures have been released of the moment police discovered the largest haul
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of cocaine on british soil. the £20 million seizure on the m6 motorway was the climax of a 14—month undercover operation — which brought down two drug gangs, based in warrington. jail terms totalling more than a hundred years were handed down. yunus mulla reports. august 2018, and cheshire police serious organised crime unit target two vehicles on the m6. they were heading to warrington, after leaving rochester. the man inside one vehicle is bundled to the ground and arrested. he is jamie since then, the leader of a criminal gang. the van in front had been specially adapted to conceal drugs by being packed and placed into large metal drawers, and hidden beneath a false floor. this was really significant for both warrington and the surrounding areas. and we believe that it involved the biggest uk land—based seizure with every £20 million of cocaine open into 166 kilos.
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cheshire police was leading a 14 month covert investigation into another plot to supply cocaine across the country. that was targeting jamie oldroyd, on the surface the owner of a vehicle leasing company in warrington. but he was secretly running another criminal gang. this is him on the left counting drug money with an estimated value between 140 and £150,000. old royd's gang were an extremely well organised gang who went to great lengths to conceal their criminality. but it was during a surveillance operation here that the two men were seen in a meeting at a coffee shop. police were now looking at a much wider illegal drug network. these individuals were seen as positive role models within the community. you've got young lads in their early
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20s driving around in high—powered cars, cash rich lifestyle and an absolute air of arrogance where they were prepared to use violence to enforce debts and so for me it's a really important message to say to the community, these are not the people you should be looking up to. since and was jailed for 11 years and six simpson was jailed for 11 years and six months for conspiracy to supply cocaine. oldroyd was sentenced to 14 years and three months. 21 people have been convicted as part of the operation, four men and still await sentencing. she's the longest serving cast member in the world's longest—running radio drama and this week the actress june spencer, who plays peggy woolley in the archers, turns 100. she was presented with a cake by her fellow actors at the studios in birmingham where the series is recorded. satnam rana has been to meet her. the archers theme. she is radio royalty, the matriarchs of the bbc
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radio four drama, the archers, and she's the voice of peggy woolley. i know what's going on, brian. of course you do, peggy. i'm sure you think it's easy to fool me, that i'd hardly notice you trying to pull the wool over my eyes. i wouldn't dream of it. well, now i know. and today, a special recording of a mock scene at the bbc birmingham studios, celebrating her long career. she was a great success in in schools radio, children's hour and radio drama, working regularly on the home service and then radio 4. radio 4, how posh! and then serving up a sweet surprise, current and past cast members. happy birthday, june. oh, bless your heart. oh, what a lovely surprise. june spencer was in the first episode of the archers in 1951.
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she's the only original cast member still working on the show. what's the secret to turning 100, then? well, i suppose it's inheriting good genes, for a start. a cheerful outlook, i think, an optimistic outlook on life, and i've always enjoyed life pretty well, and i still do now, more than ever, i think. i'm still working at 100.|j i'm still working at 100. i think that's what keeps me going, i love it you see, i love the whole cast. she's warm and good fun and helps the other actor is and i tell you that thing about june, the other actor is and i tell you that thing aboutjune, she never ever slaps a line. # happy birthday to you. although it's a milestone week, she will record episodes and off air it's party time. happy birthday from all of us.
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heavy rain in southern england has caused major travel disruption. the rail operator southern advised people to expect delays and cancellations for the rest of the day because of flooding on some tracks. and two sinkholes were discovered on the m25 in kent last night, leading to its closure for almost eight hours. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello and good evening hasn't felt much likejeering over hello and good evening hasn't felt much like jeering over the last couple of days, in fact, some places so far this week have had more rainfall than they normally expect in the whole month ofjune. over 90 mm for example across price of lincolnshire, low pressure has been in charge seeing slow—moving areas of cloud spiralling around this particular creek cloud here has brought rain through today, especially across the price of yorkshire and northwest england, and wales as well. we'll see further wet weather here as we headed deeper into the evening and every night,
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that rain off and extending north eventually getting into sappy scotla nd eventually getting into sappy scotland and some rain may click into parts of the northern ireland, away from this area generally cloudy and breezy across parts of northern half of the uk. and as temperatures ranging from eight to 12 degrees. so the pressure still very much in charge through tomorrow, at the weather fronts to point out, this one that's been tracking northwest and very slowly the last few days bringing rain in southern scotland northern ireland also noticed another area of wet weather pushing across the near continent and that's going to work its way in to its price in eastern england as a go to the day, i really had a breast of rain developing here once again. even away from those zones of the persistent rain, there will be scattered showers and thunderstorms which could in themselves give enough at rain and a short space of time and cause further issues with lighting, that's a story across southern england and parts of wales, persistent rain for northern
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england, some of that rain in northern ireland and north of that a lot of dry weather, sunny spells in northern scotland by eight b breezy with it coming from the northeast and will feel decidedly cooler. that said, we see that rain making more progress into the northern and western scotland not getting into the western aisles, bending back into northern ireland and wells in the southwest away from these areas, it's the story is sunny spells and is limiting heavy downpour, 10—17d. the pressure still fast as we approach the end of the week. the wind lighter by the states, tending to come from the states, tending to come from the southwest, the temperatures climb a little bit and stay unsettled by it turns increasingly drive to the weekend.
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hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. russia has released an investigative journalist who'd been placed under house arrest. this is the moment ivan golunov walked free and was greeted by supporters. he'd been accused of drug dealing — but after a huge outcry, those charges have been dropped. in hong kong, protesters are getting ready for another day of demonstrations against a controversial extradition law. here in london, one of beijing's fiercest critics has been giving his view. i think this is very misleading. this bill, if it passed, puts every hong konger in danger. the international aid charity oxfam has been strongly criticised

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