tv BBC News at One BBC News June 26, 2019 1:00pm-1:31pm BST
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the us border crisis deepens as a photo emerges of a father and daughter dead in a river, trying to cross from mexico to texas. there's been a public outcry about the treatment of thousands of migrant families held in poor conditions in us camps. right now little children are enduring trauma and terror. many are living in squalor at border patrol stations. some are sleeping on the cold ground without warm blankets or hot meals. a multi—billion dollar aid package has been proposed. we'll be live in washington for the latest. also this lunchtime. the rivals for the conservative leadership continue to clash over whether the uk should commit to leaving the eu on october 31st. the bbc learns that the moors murderer ian brady was allowed to mix with vulnerable young
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prisoners for more than five years. it's getting hotter across europe. temperatures are forecast to hit record highs, above a0 celsius in the next few days. # all i wanna do is have some fun #. and sheryl crow tells us about her disbelief that all her master tapes were among the music destroyed in a huge fire at universal studios. and coming up on bbc news. defensive concerns — doubts hang over the fitness of central pairing steph houghton and millie bright ahead of england's women's world cup quarterfinal tomorrow.
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good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. there's been a widespread public outcry in the united states about the treatment of migrant families and the us government's border policies after a photograph emerged of a father who died alongside his daughter while trying to cross the rio grande from mexico into texas. amid anger about the conditions in migrant detention centres, the house of representatives has approved a multi billion dollar aid package, but president trump has said he will veto the bill. a warning that this report from caroline hawley contains images you may find disturbing. proud parents, this was the ramirez family had hoped for a new future in the usa and who, like so many migrants, risk their lives to get there. the bodies of oscar alberto martinez ramirez and his two—year—old daughter valeria were found in the rio grande which separates mexico and texas. they'd
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a p pa re ntly separates mexico and texas. they'd apparently given up hope of reaching the usa through legal means. this shocking image has emerged of a father and child, her head tucked into his t—shirt, his arm around her neck. the stark human cost of human migrant crisis. already america has been grappling with its conscience over how the government is responding. how children in particular are being treated after being detained at the border. last night democrats in the us house of representatives approved an emergency humanitarian aid package worth billions. it is to improve the conditions in which they are held, conditions in which they are held, conditions which have been described as appalling. this situation is child abuse. it is an atrocity that violates every law we have, not only as americans but as moral beings. today, sadly, our values are being undermined by the president's failed policies which has intensified the situation of heartbreak and horror on the border. donald trump and republicans will have to act if the aid is going to get to where it's
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needed. he's blaming the problems on the democrats. i'm very concerned. it's a much better shape than ever was. a lot of these young children come from places you don't even want to know about, the way they live and the way, the poverty they grew up in. this is the flow of human desperation. despite donald trump's tough stance on immigration, people keep moving north, heading for the usa despite the dangers. far removed from the bitter political debate compelled by misery and hope. caroline hawley, bbc news. our correspondent, barbara plett usher, is in washington. that photo is so desperately upsetting, barbara. how would you assess the public feeling about this issue at the moment? yes, very upsetting. i think there isjust issue at the moment? yes, very upsetting. i think there is just a general sense of outrage about what's happening, that this is terrible, this shouldn't be happening at abba border, and of course the conditions for the
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children which first sparked the outcry but the photograph magnifies that feeling. i haven't seen any evidence yet, though, on either side of the debate about any minds changing so those who think enforcement is the way to go, to stop migrants from coming or those who think they should be dealt with asa who think they should be dealt with as a humanitarian situation. it has galvanised efforts in congress as you are hearing. there is consensus between democrats and republicans in both houses that $4.5 billion should be allocated to border operations and borderfacilities, be allocated to border operations and border facilities, but be allocated to border operations and borderfacilities, but there is still disagreement on how it should be spent. the democrats want to restrict it from being used for enforcement and want to spell and conditions, standards for improved conditions, standards for improved conditions, limits on how long children can be held, republicans not as much. then again, if you look long term, this is evidence, more evidence of it's needed, the system is broken, but no real sense at this point of a realistic possibility of a joint plan to fix it. barbara,
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thank you for now. the two candidates for the conservative party leadership have been setting out different approaches to how the uk should leave the eu. borisjohnson says britain must leave on 31st october deal or no deal, but the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt says that could trigger a general election if parliament rejects a no—deal brexit. our political correspondent jessica parker has the latest on the campaign. it's a date. the 31st of october, to be precise. these two rivals differ on that deadline. he says he is ready... to come out on october... sist. 31st, correct. come what may. do ordie? do or die. he says it's not so simple. well, i think that slst of october come hell or high water deadline is a fake deadline. campaigning in chelmsford today jeremy hunt squeezed in some shopping for his wife. she does like her orchids. and rejected the idea that borisjohnson‘s harder line might play better with party members.
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i am the person who will get us out quickly because i will be able to negotiate with the eu and negotiate a deal through parliament. if we do or die which is what boris is saying. well, the trouble with do or die is you could end up with a general election, corbyn in downing street and no brexit at all. but coming in to bat for borisjohnson, this ex leadership contender says jeremy hunt shouldn't flirt with an extension. there is a certain naivete in negotiating terms of saying, well actually yes, we'd be open to an extension. that of course, invites the eu to double down. even if they differ on deadlines there are similarities between the two contenders. both say they want to get a better deal out of the eu but they are also prepared to leave without one if brussels doesn't budge. and so far, the eu has been pretty clear that the withdrawal agreement is not up for renegotiation. accused of a submarine strategy boris johnson
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surfaced quite a lot yesterday, sticking to the claim that free trade can continue if the eu allows, even in the absence of a full formal agreement. but is such a route really possible? it requires both parties cooperation so the ability to use it in a no deal scenario is far less likely to be applicable. no one has accused jeremy hunt of hiding away. the self—described underdog knows that ballot papers start dropping through conservative party members doors in ten days' time. jessica parker, bbc news. our assistant political editor, norman smith, is in westminster. there is the date of october 31, increasingly significant. explain a little bit more about why we are talking about it still, norman. little bit more about why we are talking about it still, normanm is significant because it boris johnson becomes prime minister and he can't get his hugely ambitious deal signed off by the eu, then in
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four months' time we will be leaving, come what may, do or die, without any agreement. boris johnson is pretty much locked the door and thrown away the key on that. that's it. we are out. why is he doing this? i think, it. we are out. why is he doing this? ithink, in part, to it. we are out. why is he doing this? i think, in part, to send a shiver down the spine of eu negotiators that he's not he means it, and in part it is to allay the fears of some of his brexit backing supporters who thought it was just a little bit wobbly and had left himself a little bit of wiggle room. no more. that's gone. in part two, because he takes the view i think thatjeremy hunt is vulnerable on the issue. now, he has left open the option of delay, even though only a delay to sign off a deal, so a delay of maybe a few days or weeks. but, above all i think, because team johnson calculate that people frankly are to the back teeth with
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brexit, they've had enough, they wa nt brexit, they've had enough, they want it done, they want it over, and what it tells us i think is that, after days of dismal headlines about late—night rows, staged photographs, the manufacture of cardboard red buses, they want a different story and we are beginning to see emerge a much more hard edged and focused borisjohnson much more hard edged and focused boris johnson campaign. all right, norman, for now, thank you. norman smith. conservative mps have clashed over whether trade rules, known as gatt 24, would allow tariff—free trade with the eu in the event of a no—deal brexit. joining me now is our reality check correspondent, chris morris. i know you are the man to explain exactly what is article 24? it's an international trade talk which allows you to move goods across borders without any tariffs or taxes which could mean on cars, apples, whatever, and you can do that on a
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temporary basis while a permanent free trade agreement is finalised. but you can only do that if both sides agree. you can't impose it on another party and you can't insist that it be done. so, for example, if the uk were to leave with no deal, then you would imagine they wouldn't be much goodwill around. you need the goodwill to use article 24. if there is no good will and no agreement with no deal, that means things would be difficult because the uk would probably not want to pay the £39 billion divorce bill, it wouldn't want to... it would want to ditch the irish backstop. some brexiteers they are does not matter because we can do a basic free trade deal in everybody is interested. the eu 27 countries have said repeatedly and explicitly no, if you choose to leave with no deal, tariffs will be imposed, article 24 will not apply. and even if it can be used, how extensive is the scope or is it
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quite limited? it's very limited. the problem is it's only about ta riffs the problem is it's only about tariffs on goods crossing borders, not including the service industry which is 80% of the british economy. not all service companies trade with europe but for those that do it would mean that their access to the single market, guaranteed access, would no longer be there. it's also explicitly trade related so does not include a whole host of other issues that need to be sorted out during brexit. police cooperation, security issues, sharing data, all of those things need to be sorted out, so when people talk about a wto brexit, they are actually talking about a pretty narrow portion of what needs to be sorted out and i think both mr johnson and mr hunt are hoping somehow, when push comes to shove, politics will trump policy, but so farfrom politics will trump policy, but so far from the politics will trump policy, but so farfrom the eu, there's been no sign they are willing to do that. 0k, sign they are willing to do that. ok, chris, thank you. chris morris. a bbc investigation has revealed
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that the moors murderer ian brady was allowed to associate with vulnerable young prisoners for more than five years, and allegedly had sex with one of them while serving part of his life sentence in wormwood scrubs. declassified documents show that serious concerns were raised about brady's access to young inmates between 1976 and 1981. the ministry ofjustice says there have been huge changes in the prison system in the last 40 years. sanchia berg has this report. ian brady was for decades one of britain's most notorious prisoners. with myra hindley, he had tortured and murdered five children, buried their bodies on saddleworth moor. both were sentenced to life in prison. brady stayed in the highest category for security. yet while here in wormwood scrubs, brady was allowed to live in the prison hospitalfor more than five years, mixing with vulnerable teenagers, boys sent from bristol with mental health problems.
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—— mark borstal. according to government files just released, he said he would go on hunger strike if moved. he was supported by lord longford, campaigner for prison reform. then one young prisoner alleged brady had sex with him. it's difficult to imagine how that would have happened, actually. because he was closely supervised. i mean, there were always two officers on duty. but then brady was quite a cunning character. do you think it's quite shocking? yes, yeah. definitely. a few months after that, brady was moved. the files, held here at the national archives, show how even from the early months in the prison hospital, ian brady displayed an unhealthy interest in adolescent inmates. over the years, concerns were raised, complaints made, but nothing was done. the authorities were worried that if in brady complained and went on hunger strike, lord longford would step in again. the ministry ofjustice said they have been huge changes in the last 40 years and that allegations of sexual assault are taken extremely seriously
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and reported to the police. sanchia berg, bbc news. ministers have ordered a review into whether victims of so—called revenge porn should be automatically granted anonymity. the practice involves sharing sexual images of people without their consent. the independent advisory body, the law commission, will also decide whether new legislation is needed in england and wales to tackle other forms of offensive communications. public health england says more people could die from a rare bacterial infection that has killed 12 people. the outbreak began in braintree in essex, and has affected mainly elderly patients. the nhs says it's taking every possible step to protect the local community from the illness, known as invasive group a streptococcal disease. nikki fox reports from essex. the microbiology lab testing for infectious diseases in essex.
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700 community workers and elderly patients have had swabs taken. a diagnosis can be given in four days. this is what streptococcus a looks like through a microscope. finding out how it is spreading and containing it is the focus. the problem with this outbreak and what makes it different is it happened in a community. so it is not an enclosed space, but you have a small geographic area where these are happening, it is where people are visited at home by community staff and it makes it much more difficult to look at ways of containing that. so what is invasive strep a? it's a bacterium commonly found in our throats and skin, but this strain is rare and can become harmful if it gets passed the body's defences into the blood. potentially causing blood poisoning or sepsis. most people won't be affected. more vulnerable are the elderly,
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with an open wound or leg ulcers. those with low immune systems or an existing, chronic illness like cancer. even if they have not been affected, care homes like this one in braintree are taking precautions. our residents are vulnerable and many of them are frail and have existing health conditions. which may be an issue. but this is the same as any other infection that we would have to be aware of and to be looking for sepsis markers. sepsis is a big problem for all of us. speaking to community health staff in essex, extra infection control procedures are being put in place. district nurses who come into contact with patients who have open wounds are being offered antibiotics and staff have also received an e—mail telling them that after each visit they must wipe the soles of their shoes and their car steering wheels. tests are ongoing to find out if anyone else is
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carrying the infection. officials say they are doing all they can to protect patients. nikki fox, bbc news. our top story this lunchtime. there's anger in the united states about the government's treatment of migrant families amid reports of hundreds of children being held in squalid conditions. and still to come. families go to the high court to challenge the government over its support for children with special needs. coming up on bbc news. after an early exit in birmingham, johanna konta continues her wimbledon preparations at eastbourne, she's been in third round action today. sheryl crow has been speaking about her shock at learning that the master tapes of some of her biggest albums were among those destroyed in a huge fire at universal studios in hollywood.
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it's thought about half a million original recordings by some of the greatest musicians of the 20th century were lost in the blaze in 2008, but the extent of the damage only emerged following a newspaper report this month. the singer said her loss felt "apocalyptic". our reporter, mark savage, has been speaking to her. for 11 years universal music has said the warehouse fire in los angeles had a limited impact on its archives but now, the new york times estimates that half a million songs were lost. the affected artists include duke ellington. # hold me closer, tiny dancer. eltonjohn. # count the headlights on the highway #. # we have to make amends #. janet jackson and sheryl crow.
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she is the first major artist to confirm her master recordings were destroyed as well as the back—ups known as safeties. well, that's where all my masters were stored and itjust... it absolutely grieves me. i can't understand, first and foremost, how you can store anything in a vault that didn't have sprinklers. and secondly, i can't understand how you can make safeties and have them in the same vault. i mean, what's the point? # all i want to do is have some fun #. for a song like all i want to do the master tape is the original studio recording. it is the one you go back to if you want to make new cds or vinyl copies. sheryl crow says all of those are gone. and she is not the only one affected. buddy holly, billie holliday and duke ellington, all this important music has been erased
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and it is notjust the music, it is the dialogue between the music. it's the takes that didn't make it. it's the versions of songs that we will never hear now. it's not even just the versions of the songs, it is songs we will never hear. archivists agree that the world has lost a valuable part of its musical heritage. from the artist's point of view, in many cases, it will be like a bereavement, losing the original master tapes. i mean, it is their baby, it is their recording and a lot of these albums, they are historical albums that have great significance to the general public. not being able to recreate new high quality versions of these records is a significant loss. universal music says the extent of the damage has been overstated but admitted that any loss was painful. mark savage, bbc news. much of europe is experiencing a heatwave, as exceptionally hot air blows
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in from the sahara. temperatures in some countries are forecast to push above 40 degrees, setting new records forjune. our correspondent, james reynolds, is in rome. what is it like in rome? it is about 35 degrees here in rome and will get even hotter tomorrow. heading up to the north—west of italy temperatures could hit around 42 degrees which would be a record for the month of june the only place to escape to at the moment is the south of italy which is a bit cooler but because of the hot temperatures here and in the north the government will issue a red alert for a number of cities including rome tomorrow and friday, essentially telling people what they should already know, to stay indoors away from the sunshine during the day. ordinary italians know this, they go through these kind of temperatures in july and they go through these kind of temperatures injuly and august every year and stay indoors. but
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rather bedraggled red—faced tourists do not have that privilege of staying indoors, they want to see the sights of rome so they go up and down and a warning to them that if they attempted to jump into the fountains of rome they might risk being fined several hundred euros and they will have to find different ways to cool off. the hot weather has been useful for one set of people here in italy, in the last few days sales of ice creams have gone up by 23%. james reynolds, thank you. the jury at the trial of a man accused of stabbing a rail passenger to death injanuary has been shown cctv of the attack. darren pencille denies murdering lee pomeroy on a train from guildford to london. our correspondent sarah walton is following the trial at the old bailey. bring us up to date with what the jury bring us up to date with what the jury has been hearing today. the
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court was shown cctv footage from several different cameras showing 51—year—old lee pomeroy boarding a train with his 14—year—old son at the london road station in guildford on the 4th of january this year and also show it on the same carriage, 36—year—old darren pencille who seem to talk to lee pomeroy. and he fu rrowed to talk to lee pomeroy. and he furrowed him on to an adjoining carriage for the better they are seen to continue their altercation, gesticulating at each other before the cameras capture a knife in the hand of darren pencille for that they are then seem to struggle with each other as blood others on the floor of the carriage for that the court was told that incident lasted about 25 seconds during which lee pomeroy suffered 18 knife wounds for the british transport police also told the jury darren pencille then seem to be folding up a knife before getting off the train at the next station. darren pencille denies murder and also denies possession of a defensive weapon and his
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girlfriend, chelsea mitchell, is also on trial here and denies assisting an offender and the trial continues. thank you. three families have gone to the high court to challenge the government's funding for children with special educational needs in england. the parents, who are backed by charities, say they're being let down by the current system. the government insists it's investing significantly in special needs budgets. jayne mccubbin reports. this is the little girl who is taking the government to court. this is john, our cameraman. hello. day in, day out, a fight — every day. we've had to fight for the right support plan, fight for the right education, physio, ot, speech and language. what do you think of this system? it's unacceptable. they are caught up in what even ofsted describes as a national scandal. the government says it is investing £6.3 billion in high—needs funding for children like dakota this year, but analysis shows that rising
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demand means send budgets in england have actually been cut by an average of 17% since 2015. in the north, it is around 22%. tribunals where parents fight for send provision are at a record high, and parents are winning nine in ten cases. you're taking the chancellor of the exchequer and the secretary of state for education to the high court. yeah. three years ago, i wouldn't have said boo to a goose. but, in the challenges that we've faced, i'm dakota's advocate. if i don't speak for her, nobody else is going to be. dakota's mum and two other families are asking the high court to decide if the october ‘18 budget was illegal when it came to send provision. the department for education said it would be inappropriate to comment further until the judicial process has been concluded. jayne mccubbin, bbc news. our education editor, branwen jeffreys, is at the high court.
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what has been happening this morning? parents and many disabled campaigners supporting the campaign came here this morning and demonstrated outside and then they packed into the court to hear their lawyers make the case at the heart of it is a basic claim, when the government introduced sweeping reforms five years ago in 2014, it failed to work out how much they would cast and failed to fully fund them. those reforms meant that anyone with an educational and health care plan had the legal right to support from the local council after the age of 25. the court has been hearing this morning that many councils have struggled to meet the demand and some are going into deficit on these high needs budgets. the court will have to decide a fundamental question, is it right for it to intervene in and budget
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decisions and the government are likely to argue tomorrow that it will look at all of this when it comes to its major spending review. thank you. england are preparing for their crucial match against norway in the quarter—finals of the women's world cup. if they win, they'll face a semi—final against the favourites, the usa, or the hosts france. but there are key players who are struggling to be fit in time. our reporter, katie gornall, is in le havre ahead of the match. hello. some big concerns here, when you are ready but steph houghton the captain might be struggling after being on the receiving end of a nasty challenge in the game against cameron but earlier today phil neville revealed in a press conference that there is a virus running through the england camp so plenty to occupy the mind of the england manager here in the heat. when the mercury rises it's time to head to the coast.
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as france falls into the grips of a heatwave, england's players are in normandy shooting the breeze. they've had virtually everything thrown at them during this tournament and so far they've kept their eyes on the prize. but the sea air has not been restorative for everyone. a virus has hit the england captain. you plan for these things. i said six months ago we don't want to get to a world cup and throw a kid in, throw in somebody we haven't tested, we haven't tried, who doesn't know our system. so there's been a plan behind it and it's for moments like this, where i'm totally relaxed. when i got into management i said from day one only worry about those that can get on the bus. it means both of england starting centre backs are now major doubts for the quarterfinal. millie bright with illness and steph houghton because of this. this challenge came at the end of england's last 16 clash with cameroon. a match that had been heated from start to finish. the referee was criticised
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for losing control and has come under intense scrutiny. i think, you know, we have to all continue to support the development of women as referees. i think it's a very important part of the game and at this level half of the development of people is giving them the experience, so, you know, it isn't perfection. but, you know, we are very supportive of the women trying to do theirjobs in this tournament. now the focus turns to norway. a team which england have history with. four years ago, lucy bronze sent norway home and fired the lionesses to their first—ever win in a world cup knockout match. this year the scandinavians are on a high after beating australia on penalties to reach the quarterfinals. england may be favourites, but breaking down this team will be their toughest test yet. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker.
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