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this is bbc news. the headlines. the minister in charge of brexit no—deal planning — michael gove — says preparing to leave the eu with no—deal is government's number one priority and a "very real prospect". but — the labour leader jeremy corbyn said his party would do everything it could to block a no—deal brexit. what we are saying is no deal we'd oppose and we think people should have a final choice on it. they could have a vote then between remain or whatever option borisjohnson decides to put to them at that time. tens of thousands of people have been marching in hong kong today as anti—government demonstrations continue in the territory. a last—ditch effort to save the nuclear deal with iran — senior international diplomats are holding an emergency meeting today. democrats in the united states have
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renewed accusations of racism against president trump after he criticised an african—american congressman. 15—year—old jaden ashman from essex has won nearly a million pounds after placing second in the world cup finals of the online game fortnite alongside his dutch team mate. me and my mum clash quite a lot. she did not understand how it works so she thought i was spending eight hours a day in my room just wasting my time so, like, now that i've proved to her that i can do stuff i am really happy. columbian egan bernal — is poised to be the youngest tour de france winner in more than a century as he has the yellow jersey going into today's final stage in paris. this week we are in arizona, the self driving capital of the world, to write in the latest robotic vehicles. and to find out what
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happens when the text goes wrong. the government is now "working on the assumption" of a no—deal brexit — that's according to minister michael gove. mr gove, who's now responsible for planning for such a scenario, said his team still aimed to come to an agreement with brussels but, writing in the sunday times, he added: "no deal is now a very real prospect." meanwhile the chancellor sajid javid has confirmed he will soon announce extra funding for no—deal preparations. our political correspondent tom barton explained a little more about what michael gove has been writing. this is really, i think, underlining
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of what boris johnson was this is really, i think, underlining of what borisjohnson was talking about during his leadership campaign. you know, borisjohnson made it very clear that come what may, on the 31st october britain would be leaving whether that was with or without a deal. today, michael gove who is in overall charge of planning for a new deal scenario charge of planning for a new deal scenario across charge of planning for a new deal scenario across government, coordinating government departments, making sure that they have the funding that they need, saying ifs, no buts, no more delay. brexit is happening. he said the deal on offer from the european union will not be put back to parliament unless it is significantly being negotiated, abolishing the backstop that is designed to keep the northern irish border with the republic of ireland free flowing. he recognises that the eu have said they are not going to be negotiated and therefore he says no deal is now a realistic prospect and planning for no deal is the government's number one priority. this morning his government
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colleague, the secretary to the treasury, was asked about this on sky news. it is absolutely right that we prepare for it. we must be able to leave on our own prepare for it. we must be able to leave on our own terms. prepare for it. we must be able to leave on our own terms. it cannot be subject to the decisions of other people but we would be happy to enter into the negotiations. we want to remove this undemocratic backstop from the existing agreement. but if the eu is not willing to talk about that then it is right that we prepare properly, with conviction and importantly, with the financial resources that the treasury will now supply properly for the departments to make those preparations for our coming departure. the new chancellor recognises the importance of preparing for no—deal brexit and putting money towards that effort but what will that look like? everybody in borisjohnson‘s new government is committed to that 31st of october deadline. and therefore, with michael gove saying preparing for no deal is the number one
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priority, then that has to be paid for. in the planning is going to cost billions. studied atjavid, the new chancellor, agreeing to make every penny for it. government departments have been told that if they need extra budget to make the new deal preparations than they should ask for it and that money will be forthcoming. they have not put a figure on it and eventually we expect they probably will do but for now it appears the port for preparations is, you know, i don't wa nt to preparations is, you know, i don't want to see unlimited because of course there will be a limit. but one that currently doesn't have any limits, if you like. and, to some extent, this is all about demonstrating bitterness prepared and ready to go for it. because michael gove says they would prefer to leave with a deal but, you know, if no deal is a possible outcome than they need to prepare for it.
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there are, as we know, a wide range of voices from a number of parties that do not want there to be a no deal. they want a deal. you can get trapped in double negatives, can't you? if you are not careful. notjust on the opposition benches but within the conservative ranks as well. yes, absolutely. no matter how determined the government is to pursue a no—deal brexit, if it comes to it, there are significant forces on the other side opposed to a new deal brexit, including, you know, labour, the liberal democrats, a sizeable group of conservative mps. not least the man who until a few days ago was the chancellor, philip hammond. he says he is determined to do whatever is necessary to avoid a no—deal brexit, potentially with resume including passing or helping to pass a vote of no confidence in boris johnson's to pass a vote of no confidence in borisjohnson's government. what then does this mean for labour‘s position? if the government is hardening up, toughening up its
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position on a no—deal brexit, is jeremy corbyn moving towards the direction that many of his supporters want him to and becoming more supportive of remain? well, today, it sounded, in an interview that was recorded yesterday but in the context of the borisjohnson government, does not sound like his position has changed much yet. what we are seeing is no deal we would oppose and we think people should have a final choice on it. they could have a vote then between remain or whatever option johnson decides to put to them at that time. so, not much movement there from jeremy corbyn. that, who knows, may well change over the coming weeks as the 31st of october gets closer. well in the crucial months that october 31st deadline for brexit — speculation is mounting there could be a general election later years. mr corbyn — who has threatened to call of no confidence vote against mrjohnson — said he would look at the situation when parliament returns in september.
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meanwhile the leader of the brexit party, nigel farage, told bbc radio 4's broadcasting house programme he was still open to talks with the prime minister, but would not accept working with the current brexit withdrawl agreement. ifi if i was borisjohnson, and i had to fight a general election, because i'd lost motion of confidence, would ibe i'd lost motion of confidence, would i be happy to lose to perhaps what could be a new remain alliance just because i think i am too grand to talk to nigel and the brexit party? i doubt it. tens of thousands of people have been marching in hong kong today as anti—government demonstrations continue in the territory. yesterday, police fired tear gas into crowds as tens of thousands rallied to condemn an attack on pro—democracy campaigners by armed masked men last week. our correspondent stephen mcdonell is in hong kong for us. let's take a look at the scenes of that protest in hong kong. what is the atmosphere like now? i'm
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standing in the shopping district. which is very popular with tourists, especially from mainland china, all over the world. people come here to buy their make—up and expensive bags and what have you and some of them are still coming through here as we speak. what they will see her today is the sea of black clad pro—democracy demonstrators occupying the area. barricades have been built blocking all approaches to this part of hong kong. to try and slow down what they think is probably the inevitable approach of the white police now. several kilometres down the road is where the beijing liaison office is. this is the central government's headquarters in hong kong. there are also protesters gathering there and right please have already started firing tear gas at that end of the march, if you like. at the end of the illegal, you could call it, march. the unauthorised march. because again, many thousands of protesters had defied the
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authorities even though permission was not given for this march they have turned out and even though they know that inevitably, this will lead to clashes like we saw yesterday, big numbers and what you could say asa big numbers and what you could say as a mass act of rebellion from the people of hong kong. especially young people. especially tourists. we saw the same thing happened yesterday resulting in many hours of street clashes with riot police. some more radical protesters were throwing bricks, metal, poles and the like at the right police. the riot police were responded with tear gas, rubber bullets and, you know, it has already started at the other end of this march tonight and we could see it from where i am standing as well. is that something the hong kong government wants to see? this is a commercial area and its descending into street fights with riot police, tear gas and yet these protesters a re with riot police, tear gas and yet these protesters are showing no sign of leaving here unless they are
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false. how visible is the chief executive of hong kong been of late? every now and then she sort of comes out and speaks but she is a leader under a lot of pressure. a lot of people are calling for her to resign andi people are calling for her to resign and i think a lot of political a nalysts and i think a lot of political analysts think that her career is pretty much finished. she is blamed for this being escalated in the first place. we had these mass marches with hundreds of thousands of people attempting to oppose this very unpopular bill allowing for extradition to mainland chinese courts. well, she ignored those mass marches and it is what has inflamed this according to many hong kong watchers. they say the government has mishandled this and the problem is by not initially giving in on that extradition bill but then eventually having to, effectively, that bill is effectively dead. these
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protesters emboldened by that broaden their demands. they now say this is a defence of hong kong. it is kind of an existential battle for the heart of hong kong. they want democracy now. they want to be able to choose their leader and unless they get something approaching that they get something approaching that they say they are not going to back down. but on the other hand, the government in hong kong and more importantly in beijing, has shown no inclination to grant that so it is ha rd to inclination to grant that so it is hard to see with a peaceful end to all of this is. for the moment, thank you. senior diplomats from britain, france, germany, russia and china are meeting representatives from iran in vienna to discuss how to save the 2015 nuclear deal. tensions in the gulf have soared since last year when president donald trump withdrew the united states from the landmark accord, which curbed tehran's nuclear programme in return for an easing of economic sanctions. we can speak to our correspondent in vienna, bethany. what is on the agenda today? what
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are the hopes of what could be achieved? well, the remaining parties are really trying to keep this deal afloat. iran has breached certain key limits on it uranium enrichment work, that sensitive nuclear work. the other parties want iran to reverse that. iran is saying it is threatening further measures unless more is done, particularly by the europeans, to help it circumvent the effect of these punishing us sanctions on its economy. and all of this of course happening amidst a background of increasing tensions over tankers, oil tankers. and we had just today the iranian news agency reporting that senior iranians nuclear negotiator was saying that the seizure by britain
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ofan iranian saying that the seizure by britain of an iranian oil tanker in gibraltar is in fact a violation of the iran nuclear deal, in their opinion. because anything that creates an obstacle for the export of iranian oil they see as a violation. we have not heard what the europeans are saying to that but it shows you that the real background of tension surrounding these talks today. but, as we know, the deal was originally supported by the united states. how worthwhile is a deal without their backing in the future? how worthwhile is a deal without their backing in the future7m how worthwhile is a deal without their backing in the future? it is very difficult indeed because the us has reimposed these very, very harsh sanctions on iran. the europeans are trying to find mechanisms that can trying to find mechanisms that can try and mitigate that. but it is very difficult to see whether they would be able to do enough that would be able to do enough that would satisfy iran and help its economy and around has been making
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other threats, saying that they will breach further measures, they will ta ke breach further measures, they will take further steps that will breach possible, other possible things in terms of its sensitive nuclear work. a bit ofa terms of its sensitive nuclear work. a bit of a stand—off here and of course there is the reshuffle in britain. how will the new cabinet in britain. how will the new cabinet in britain respond to these crisis, particularly over the oil tankers as well? so, very, very delicate diplomacy going on here in vienna. thank you very much. democrats in the united states have renewed accusations of racism against president trump after he criticised an african—american congressman. the president accused elijah cummings, who's the head of a powerful committee, of trying to hurt innocent people while doing nothing for his baltimore district, which mr trump branded as "very dangerous" and badly run. mr cummings recently criticised the trump administration over conditions in migrant detention centres. two people, arrested over a mass brawl which broke out onboard a british crusie ship,
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have been released from custody but remain under investigation. six people were hurt as p&o's britannia sailed to southampton after a week—long trip to norway's fjords. a 43—year—old man and a woman, aged 41, both from chigwell in essex, were arrested on suspicion of assault. plates and furniture were reportedly used as weapons during the incident in the early hours of friday. the headlines on bbc news. the minister in charge of brexit no—deal planning — michael gove — says the government still aims to reach an agreement with the eu but is preparing for the "very real prospect" of no—deal. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn says his party would do everything it could to block a no—deal brexit. fresh protests in hong kong — as the territory continues to be engulfed by huge anti—government demonstrations. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc
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sport centre, here's gavin. egan bernal is set to become the new tour de france champion and the youngest winner of the event in 110 years. the 22—year—old will also become the first colombian to win, after crossing the line alongside fellow team ineos rider and current champion geraint thomas on stage 20. today's final stage to paris, is a processional stage later, where the leader isn't challenged. bernal and thomas will lead ineos to first and second this year, once again proving the team's dominance of the sport. team ineos, formerly team sky, is undoubtedly the strongest, the wealthiest and the best team in the peloton and, once again, teamwork and organisation and a little bit of money, actually a lot of money, has provided the victory for team ineos. geraint thomas and egan bernal first and second on the podium. but egan bernal, this is notjust about money. egan bernal is the real deal. 22—year—olds do not win grand tours,
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simply too young, they haven't got enough miles in the legs. but this man is a very, very, very special talent and, believe me, he will go on to win plenty more races such as the tour de france if he continues with the development he is showing right now. rory mcilroy will take a one—shot lead into the final round of the wgc stjude invitational in memphis. the world number three responded to last weekend's missed cut at the open by posting an 8 under par round, but us pga champion brooks koepka is the man on his tail. paul frostick reports. after a disappointing open championship on his home turf in northern ireland, rory mcilroy is finally poised in memphis. having missed the cut byjust a stroke at royal portrush, he moved from a tie for 17th to top of the leaderboard at tpc southwind. he finished his day on saturday with three straight birdies, an impressive eight under third round of 62.
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he leads by one shot on 12 under par from us pga winner brooks koepka. the world's top ranked player and mcilroy will play together on sunday in a final round for the first time in their careers. england's matt fitzpatrick, the leader at the halfway stage, is a shot further back. a victory would see the 24—year—old book a place in the season—ending play—offs. another englishman, tommy fleetwood, runner—up at the open to shane lowry, has an outside chance. he is seven under par. in france, melissa reid is 12 shots off the pace at the evian championship, the final major of the women's season. she is already underway with her final round. 2014 winner kim hyo—joo is leading on 15 under, after posting a 65 in the third round yesterday. it's the last day of the world aquatics championships
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in south korea, and there's more chance for british medals, including for adam peaty, who could pick up his fourth medal of the meet. chances too for british women, who are yet to win an individual medal at these games. the former commonwealth champion mark foster says there's work to be done to develop more female talent. the men's team is really strong at the moment and on the women's side, o'connor has had health issues anything hopefully next year she will be back on the olympic games. warner was off this time. molly stepped up. they are nearly there. we can look at the juniors as well. we can look at the juniors as well. we have just not got the same depth. and liverpool have signed the youngest player ever to play in the premier league. 16—year—old harvey elliott joins from fulham. all the details on the bbc sport webiste and app. that's all the sport for now.
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it's emerged that a british soldier who died in syria fighting the islamic state group was accidentally killed by allied operations. it was previously reported by us officials that sergeant matt tonroe was killed by a roadside bomb in 2018.however, the ministry of defence said the 33—year—old died as a result of "explosives" carried by allied american forces. romania's chief of police has been fired after the apparent murder of a teenage girl whose repeated emergency calls went unanswered for hours. the 15—year—old was abducted on wednesday, but managed to make three calls and give officers details about where she was being held. her family say officers did not take her calls seriously, while police say they had difficulty tracing her. jon ironmonger reports: the kidnap of 15—year—old alexandra has sparked outrage across romania and members of herfamily have joined large protests expressing theirfury with the police's handling of the case.
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the girl rang 112 three times, her aunt says, but they arrived after 19 hours. that's how long it took four offices to enter her suspected abductor‘s house, despite alexandra's repeated calls to the emergency services to report her kidnap and provide details of her location. the authorities said police initially struggled to trace the call but having reached the property, they waited six hours waiting for a warrant that wasn't required. once inside, officers found fragments of human bones in a barrel as well as pieces of alexandra's clothing and jewellery. this man has been arrested on suspicion of child trafficking and the 66—year—old was forced to be present during the searches of his home. translation: we focused today on the collection of different types of criminalist examples.
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genetic tests are required in order to establish whether they are bone remains from different people. alexandra's abduction bears similarities with the disappearance in april of another local girl, 18—year—old louisa, and it's now feared her remains could also be found at the property. translation: we don't know anything for now, if she's dead or not. she's a great child, what can i say? this is outrageous. responding to the apparent failings in the case, the interior minister said he would not tolerate police workers who didn't do theirjob properly and has fired the chief of police. he was made to appear alongside him in a press conference. i accept my dismissal, he said, since we had some inadequate interventions that i hold
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myself responsible for. the investigation, meanwhile, is rapidly developing, as searches of a lake near the suspect‘s property revealed a suitcase full of clothes and the remains of a partly burned human body. the failure to rescue a teenage girl has shone a spotlight on romania's police and prosecutors who are now under intense pressure to get a grip on this case. jon ironmonger, bbc news. at least 36 people are now known to have died in a landslide in the chinese province of gway—jo. chinese state media also reported that 15 people are missing after a thick torrent of mud buried houses on tuesday. a0 people have been rescued. it comes as heavy rains continue to batter parts of the country. more than a thousand people have been arrested at a protest in moscow, after some opposition candidates were prevented
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from standing in local elections. the opposition say they were barred for political reasons. demonstrators were dragged away from the city hall as security forces used batons against the crowd. the eu foreign affairs spokesperson condemned the detentions. a british teenager has won nearly a million pounds after coming second in the world cup finals of the online game fortnite. jaden ashman, from essex, was competing in new york, in what was billed as the biggest ever "e—sports" event. joe tidy reports. fortnite world champions, aqua and nyhrox! they're as shocked as you are. playing the game they love has just earned them a shared $3 million, or £2.11 million. 16—year—old emil bergquist pedersen from norway, known online as nyhrox, and 17—year—old david w from austria, known as aqua. it all ended in a hail of bullets
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after a day of action watched by a packed new york stadium crowd. the prize purse for this, the first fortnite world cup, is the largest ever in e—sports. even the second—place team became millionaires. 15—year—old jaden ashman, known as wolfiez, is from essex. he'll share $2.25 million with his 22—year—old dutch team—mate, dave young, known online as rojo. it hasn't really hit me yet, what is going on. when i get home it'll be insane. 2.25 million between you, over a million each, what are you going to do with it? i'm probably going to try to save most of it, i know that sounds a bit cliche, but save maybe half of it and put quite a lot of it into a house and my family. i have been quite against him gaming, pushing him to school work, and i have thrown out an xbox, snapped a headset. we had a nightmare. bringing the fortnite world to the real world has been a big development for this game which some say has peaked in popularity. it's also undeniably a big moment
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in e—sports in general. later today once again the arena will fill for the final event, the solos. whether you're jetting off with the grandparents or sunbathing with the in—laws, it seems that more of us are going on holiday with our wider family members. for some, it's about cost, for others, childcare. but most say that family trips are a great way to spend quality time with one another, as more families live further apart. here's our consumer affairs correspondent, colletta smith. james and jessica are having a ball this summer. but it's notjust mike and his partner claire who are busy keeping them occupied. grandma stella and grandad robert are on hand to help out. oh, no! it's not their first holiday as three generations. in fact, it's becoming something of a family tradition for all kinds of reasons. ohh! we've both got credit cards, so that's always a bonus. grandma is always treating them! they know who to come to if they want anything.
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to be honest, it is about spending time together as a family, you're making memories for yourselves, for the kids, everybody. now, businesses are adapting to meet the new demand. we need to make sure that the accommodation that's available for holiday makers to choose from is right for them. if you are a large family, you need extra space. plenty of open—plan living for everyone to come together. they are holidaying together, they want to spend time together. it is important that they can have space together. it's not just happening in uk holidays. we spoke to eight of the biggest names in the business. they all told us they had seen a rise in bookings for multi—generational groups, and in some cases, well over half of customers surveyed had already taken or wanted to take a break with their grandparents. this is grandad and nanna. then we have mum and dad. some nights eat out, other nights, one of us will cook, so it's just helpful, isn't it?
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as family life evolves, our holidays are taking a different shape. if holiday companies want us to keep spending our cash, it will be down to them to keep up with this latest holiday trend. colletta smith, bbc news. the woman who was the voice of minnie mouse for more than 30 years, roosi taylor, has died in california at the age of 75. the walt disney company said roosi taylor's passing meant ‘minnie mouse had lost her voice'. taylor married wayne allwine, the voice of mickey mouse until his death in 2009. prone to gigglesjust like the character she played, taylor captured the sound of minnie in films, on tv and at theme parks. let's take a look at the scenes of that protest in hong kong.
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tens of thousands of protesters have once again gathered in hong kong to continue these protests now which have been going on for eight weeks. there's been permission for a protest to take place in the grounds of the gardens but police said anything that spilled outside of the parameter would be deemed illegal. as we have been hearing from our correspondent stephen who is amongst the protesters, police have once again for the protesters, police have once againfora the protesters, police have once again for a second day running fired tear gas at protesters. barricades have been put up to try to contain them. tear gas has been fired, as you can see. but we understand that protesters are continuing to meet on the streets

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