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this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00pm: the government says it's ready for a no—deal brexit, after claims there could be food, medicine and fuel shortages. ministers say the leaked details don't reflect current plans. this is an all document that since it was published and circulated, the government have taken significant additional steps to ensure
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that we are at prepared to leave a october the 31st, deal or no deal. organisers say 1.7 million braved monsoon rains for hong kong's latest pro—democracy march. police warn it's unlikely a 6—year—old boy, who fell into a river in kent, will be found alive. the hiv tests on glasgow's streets, to counter the worst rise in infections for decades. and, early wickets for england, but a thrilling final day in the lord's ashes test, ends, in a draw. we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers are henry mance from the ft and the broadcaster lucy bereford — stay with us for that.
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the government says there will be "short—term problems," and "bumps in the road," if the uk leaves the european union without a deal, but maintains the country is more prepared than ever. it follows the leak of a cabinet office document published in a sunday newspaper, warning of food, medicine and fuel shortages, as well as a possible return to a hard irish border. but the man in charge of planning for a no—deal brexit, michael gove, said the memo is a worst case scenario and out—of—date. borisjohnson is preparing to meet european leaders this week, to make his case for a new brexit deal. here's our political correspondent, nick eardley. it has been the mantra of boris johnson. it has been the mantra of boris johnson. come out on october the sist, johnson. come out on october the 31st, no ifs or buts. we
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have to get brexit done! we have two leave the eu on october the 31st. so far, though, europe has remained adamant that the deal won't change unless the mps force a delay, the uk is heading for a no—deal brexit was not this morning, the sunday times published a leak document, wanting what that could look like, including shortage of food, medicine and fuel. the minister in charge of preparations says it is a document. ——no deal document was document certainly that will be dumped — make bumps in the road. —— certainly, there will be bumps in the road. we have to work on what the very worst situation will be so we could take steps to mitigate that. the dossier paints a bleak picture. on food supplies. what
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the european union decides, that is for them. documents suggested that is unworkable. allan it is the case that we will have a system in place that they will be no need for infrastructure at the border. it will be for mps to consider those assurances when they could return here in a few weeks. number ten meanwhile is furious. as source accused an unnamed former nestor of leaking this document to try and influence talks with europe. for opponents of no deal, the tory rebels and opposition mps convinced it would be a disaster, leaks like this are a confirmation there are worse “— this are a confirmation there are worse —— that they worse fears could become a reality. this is not project fear, this is project
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reality. what we have seen revealed in the sunday times today that's out that we could be here in 2019 with shortages of food, shortages of fuel, shortages of medicine. the prime minister will enter the international arena this week, taking his case to brussels and paris, telling the eu's most influential leaders deal has to change if the uk to sign up, and if it doesn't, and no deal exit looms. we have just heard that the iranians tanker that was asleep —— seized in july by the uk in august has just lived in gibraltar. ——injuly. according gibraltar has decided that the ship should be allowed to move. i think we now have some pictures of the tanker on the move.
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we will bring them to you when we can. this of course, this tanker, had been seized by british marines on suspicion it was in breach of eu sanctions on syria stop i think those are the latest pictures u nfortu nately. those are the latest pictures unfortunately. it is very difficult to actually see the tanker on the move but the court in gibraltar had said that it was bound by eu rulings. the eu had ruled that the ship could now move. this was in defiance of the order of an american court which had said that the tanker should be seized again. we also heard from president trump and his thoughts about this and the fact that the tanker would be released and he said that iran would like to talk. that is the latest reaction from president trump, as we now hear that the tanker is on the move. and
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hope that that could lead to the release of the british tanker which has also been held by the iranians. hundreds of thousands of people have taken part in the latest mass demonstrations in hong kong. the protests began 11 weeks ago against what some see as attempts by beijing to undermine the territory's autonomy. today's gathering, was peaceful. our china correspondent john sudworth was there and his report contains some flashing images. beneath an ocean of colour, hong kong raised its voice again. everywhere you looked, there were umbrellas, held aloft in a massive display of defiance. why are you marching today? for hong kong. yeah, freedom. it's a far cry from this, the violent scenes at hong kong's airport earlier this week, which some thought risked undermining public
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support. the turnout today was seen as a vital test. given the monsoon conditions, this sea of umbrellas would be seen as confirmation that the pro—democracy movement is far from losing momentum. warnings from china also appear to be having little effect. shortly before the rally, the authorities released new footage of troops rehearsing crowd control techniques just across the border. in much of this city, away from the protests in working—class neighbourhoods like this one, there's the appearance of normality. but opinion is deeply divided. "of course it's not good," this woman tells me, "hong kong is a mess." this man says he supports the protests, but he has a pessimistic view about the likelihood of
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success. "it's in xijinping's hands," he tells me. "the communist party is so strong. it's up to them." this is a spontaneous movement, a mass acting as one, with no real leaders. on the one hand, sheer weight of numbers. on the other, and uncompromising government and no end in sight. police have warned it's unlikely a 6—year—old boy, who fell into a river in kent, will be found alive. lucas dobson disappeared in the river stour at sandwich yesterday while on a fishing trip. hundreds of volunteers have joined the emergency services to try to find him. simonjones reports. searching the river stour for a little boy who hasn't been seen since yesterday lunchtime. it's thought lucas dobson fell into the water as he was stepping onto a fishing boat. his father and two other people
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jumped in after him. the current swept lucas away. i'm not accepting it, yet. because we can't find him, i tell myself he got out and he's lost, he's looking for us, he's wandering around, wondering where we are. that's what i'm telling myself, because to think that my little nephew is still in the river is too much to think about. on the clay, on the clay. the coastguard, the lifeboat, the police and the fire service have all been involved in the search, plus hundreds of volunteers from the local community, who have heard about what happened and have come out to walk the length of the river bank, desperate to help. sticking together. i think if i was in the family's situation, i would expect people to help me out as well. you just want a good outcome, really, don't you? bless him. the police say they're determined to provide answers for the family, but tonight admitted it was unlikely to be a positive outcome.
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we are working extremely well together. we've got the best kit and equipment. we've got the best skilled, trained personnel out there looking for lucas, and i can't say enough how much we are looking to get a quick resolution to this. the search will resume in the morning. lucas' family have thanked everyone who's helped. their message: "wejust want our boy back". simonjones, bbc news, sandwich. more than 110,000 pounds has been donated to a crowdfunding page set up to support the family of a police officer who was killed in berkshire on thursday. 28—year—old pc andrew harper died in sulhamstead when he was dragged along the road by a vehicle. ten males aged between 13 and 30 have been held on suspicion of murder and remain in custody. a fundraising page was set up by
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the thames valley police federation, and is currently at 111,907 pounds. we understand that the family are going to decide how best those funds should be used. in afghanistan, a suicide bomber has killed 63 people at a wedding and left close to 200 others injured. it happened in the capital kabul as the country prepares to celebrate independence day. aulyia atrafi has more. a tragic end to a family celebration. wedding guests are burying the dead. here, 13 friends and families buried in one mass grave. translation: in this attack,
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i myself lost two family members, my brother and my nephews. you could never imagine that such an incident could happen ata wedding. the feast was abandoned, as people ran for safety. the bombs went offjust as the marriage ceremony was ending. the couple survived, but mirwais, the groom, said he and his wife felt guilty that so many people had died at their wedding. translation: i have lost hope. i've lost my brother and my friends who came to join my wedding party. the celebration of independence day doesn't matter to me any more. more than 180 guests were injured. many are here, fighting for their lives. the family are not known to be political, and the fear now is that the attackers have switched from targeting politicians and officials to targeting ordinary afghans. hours after the attack,
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families are still looking for their loved ones here at the emergency hospital. this attack was particularly shocking, because normally when civilians are caught in conflict, it's a matter of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, but here a wedding was specifically targeted. people aren't feeling safe anywhere any longer in this country. those safety concerns are increasing, especially now that the islamic state group has claimed it carried out the attack. taliban assurances that they are in control throughout the country are no longer credible. aulyia atrafi, bbc, kabul. wright the headlines on bbc news: the government says it's ready for a no deal brexit, after claims there could be food, medicine and fuel shortages. ministers say the leaked details don't reflect current plans. organisers say 1.7 million braved monsoon rains,
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—— police warn it's unlikely a 6—year—old boy who fell into a river in kent will be found alive. the will be found alive. iranians are supertanker that was the iranians are supertanker that was seized injuly the iranians are supertanker that was seized in july for allegedly smuggling oil to syria has been released by gibraltar. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's tulsen. good evening. quite a day at lord's? quite a day indeed. the second ashes test between england and australia ended in a draw on the last day after england ran out of time to bowl the aussies out. earlier in the day, jofra archer had been on fire with the ball, taking two wickets in quick succession after england put australia into bat having declared on 258 for five. our sports correspondentjoe wilson was watching the day's play at lord's. england will feel they came within
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grasp of victory under floodlights ona grasp of victory under floodlights on a gloomy london evening here. the chance of victory was set up by ben stokes, his innings was a manager masterpiece of controlled aggression. finally letting these when he felt the situation was safe and that allowed england's captain with another valley to feel safe and enough time to potentially take ten australian wickets. and then of course jofra archer steamed australian wickets. and then of coursejofra archer steamed in a place and it was immediately clear that australia's batsmen were in for another torrid time. he was complimented by a contrasting bowler, jack leads. he was on the money and make his mark as his well. larger and leads silk wickets, the only thing standing between england and victory was marcus labuschagne. steve smith was unable to take part,
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with mild concussion and couldn't play. those protocols were followed. australia with the draw will continue in this series 1—0 up, but also i think we have to say the dynamic of the asses changed thanks to jofra archer. dynamic of the asses changed thanks tojofra archer. smith says he wants tojofra archer. smith says he wants to play in the next test on thursday —— ashes. leicester fought back from a goal down to draw with chelsea, in the premier league. it was former chelsea player frank lampard's first match in the home dugout for his new club. 20—year—old mason mount put chelsea 1—0 up, capitalising on some sloppy defending by wilfried ndidi. ndidi made up for it though heading in the equaliser in the second half and despite the result lampard is happy to be back at stamford bridge. this is home for me. i'm here to do ajob, soi this is home for me. i'm here to do a job, so i was very keen to take
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the moment and enjoy. i really appreciate it, we need to train win the game, which will be my focus. i love the fact that this is my club, i've played here so long. more than anything i want to do a good job, i'm disappointed tonight we couldn't send the fans home happy but thank you and we will keep working. sheffield united have theirfirst win of the season after a 12—year absence in the top flight. they beat crystal palace 1—0, thanks to a second—half goal by defenderjohn lundstram. rangers are through to the third round of the scottish league cup after a convincing 3—0 win over east fife. it was jermain defoe with the first of the goals after 26 minutes. turning on the edge of the box to put it past the keeper. aberdeen are also through after beating dundee 2—1. great britain's dina asher—smith described the line up at today's diamond league athletics event in birmingham as being "like an olympic or world final". despite facing such impressive competition, asher—smith finished in second place behind shaunae miller—uibo in the 200 metres.
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the british athlete will compete in the 100 and 200 metres at the world championships next month. while britain's adam gemili finished in second place in the men's100 metres behind jamaica's yohan blake. the world athletics championships take place next month in doha. and, carol, don't forget the ashes are under way. i'm and, carol, don't forget the ashes are underway. i'm not and, carol, don't forget the ashes are under way. i'm not going to ask you who you're actually going to be supporting. the winner. excellent. it should be quite a match. canada has accused the uk of "offloading its responsibilities," after a british man with dual nationality who'd travelled to syria to join the islamic state group was stripped of his uk citizenship.
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jack letts was captured by kurdish forces two years ago and is currently being held in prison in northern syria. our security correspondent frank gardner has speaking about the canadian reaction. they have said they are very disappointed with this and that they have pointed out that terrorism has no borders and countries need to work together. don't forget that of course canada and britain are part of what is called the five eyes agreement, where they share intelligence, sensitive intelligence, with america, canada, new zealand and australia. it depends how you want to look at this. some will say this is a politically motivated populist move to strip him as a dual citizen of his british citizenship. he has a canadian father and a british mother. others will say this was done on sound national security grounds. it's not the first time this has happened. in february, shamima begum was stripped of her british nationality, another teenager, who went out to marry an isis
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fighter. the big picture here is that there are still around 320, an estimated 320 british citizens somewhere out in the middle east whojoined isis, and no solution has been brought up as to what to do about them. it is a problem and it hasn't been thought through. a rise in the spread of hiv in glasgow among the homeless and drug users is the most serious in the uk since the 1980s. the bbc has learnt that at least 157 cases have been confirmed in the last four years. our scotland editor sarah smith, reports. just one tiny drop of blood can test who's been infected by the rapidly spreading outbreak of hiv in glasgow. so, as i said, just put this in here, ok, and we wait. alright. so if it's one line, it means there's no hiv antibodies in the blood, and if it's two lines, there is. we'll just set that aside just now.
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injust minutes, robbie gets the news he'd hoped to hear. i'm pleased to tell you there's one line, which means you don't have hiv. alright. sleeping rough, and injecting drugs, he knows he is at high risk of infection. so robbie says he always takes care to get clean needles, available free from various chemists and charities. do you know people that do share needles? aye. i said if you can go out of your way to get your money to get drugs, get drugs, you can do it right to get the paraphernalia to do the drugs. you know, it's not hard, know what i mean? white waverley care in glasgow on the first and only team anywhere in the uk taking hiv testing onto the streets. they gave us an exclusive look at their attempts to reach the growing homeless population in glasgow. you do see people getting anxious. everyone seems to know someone with hiv but weren't aware of the outbreak. they don't know the numbers.
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they may be aware of two people in their close circle of friends, but not aware of the potential hundred plus that is connected to glasgow city centre who are hiv—positive. widespread widespread hiv testing, trying to identify everyone who is infected, could help to contain the outbreak, but at the moment the really worrying thing is that the spread of the infection in glasgow seems to be rapidly escalating, with around a 100% increase in new cases this year so far. this man is a heroin addict who manages his hiv with prescription medication. when he was first diagnosed, though, he was terrified the infection would be fatal. i tried to overdose. you tried deliberately, you tried to take an overdose because you find that you were hiv—positive? yeah. as i was sliding down the wall, somebody touch me on the shoulder, and ijumped up. so they saved my life. why is there such a bad outbreak of it in glasgow?
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see, the people that's got it, i think that they're not telling... i think not telling people that they've got it, and they‘ re letting them use their needles. why do people take the risk? once you start withdrawing, start getting mad thoughts in your head, and all that and you want to get rid of them. i suppose some people would do anything just to get rid of it, you know what i mean? try this one. living on the streets with hiv is not easy. not everyone takes their medication every day, not when heroin is a higher priority. that's why halting the spread of infection is so urgent and so difficult. sarah smith, bbc news, glasgow. the demise of a 700—year—old glacier has been marked in iceland at a ceremony highlighting the effects of climate change. it's the island's first glacier to disappear —
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but scientists warn it won't be the last, unless immediate action is taken. courtney bembridge reports. photographs ta ken from photographs taken from space show just how rapidly this glacier disappeared. in 1986, it was a massive solid weight, spilling from the creator of an extinct volcano. but by 2014, it was no longer thick enough to move in the glazier officially declared dead by glaciology —— glaciologists. officially declared dead by glaciology -- glaciologists. at this stage it starts to become unable to move and water stop seeping through it. five years later they -- five yea rs it. five years later they -- five years after first discovering,
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prominent heads of government were at the commemoration. now is the time to act, it's actually passed the time to act. in some ways we see this as a memorial to recognise the loss of this glazier and sad moment, but we also see it as a call to action. iceland is home to more than 400 glaziers, ijokull is the first to lose its glazier status but scientists warn all of the island's glaziers could be lost within 200 yea rs glaziers could be lost within 200 years due to climate change. a park unveiled at the site titled a little to the future reads this monument is to the future reads this monument is to acknowledge what is happening and what needs to be done, only you know if we did it —— titled a letter to the future. staying with glaziers, take a look at these pictures of kayakers getting up and personal with one
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in alaska. huge chunks of eyes fall off the glacier causing a massive wave which came straight up the kayakers. they were unhurt as they very quickly paddled away. well, some effects of climate change are pretty dramatic there. let's just catch up with the immediate weather prospects with chris fawkes. hello. thanks a lot. today we've seen plenty of heavy showers around particularly across northern ireland, northern scotland and northern england as well. looking at the radar picture at the moment we've got plenty of showers already showing on the radar picture. that's kind of where we will see the majority of showers by day and
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they will continue to feed in overnight as well. the longest of the clear spells between the showers will be across parts of eastern scotland, eastern areas of england, the midlands too. even in the south there will be a few showers sneaking through the west channel, occasionally coming on shore. it's going to be a busy night, temperatures between 10— 30 degrees. and looking at the weather! on monday, little overall has changed, really. this weather front is drifting towards norway and in its wa ke we drifting towards norway and in its wake we get the winds coming from a north, north—westerly direction. that will drop the temperature is the northern areas. lots of showers again for scotland, northern ireland, northern england. ithink there would be some very heavy ones going into northern ireland in west england. and if we look at where the air is coming from, we've got the cooler our coming in from scotland, but for wales the air is coming up the mid—atla ntic. but for wales the air is coming up the mid—atlantic. so there will be a north— south temperature contrast. across eastern england we are still into the low 20s and they should stay across eastern england there is a higher chance of seeing some afternoon showers and thunderstorms breaking out. it looks like a
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pretty rough ends of the day. tuesday, well we start off with a little ridge of high pressure, then we get this warm front moving in from the west. although we start off on a dry and bright note, it turns increasingly hazy and the cloud with taken with outbreaks of rain moving into northern ireland, putting into western parts of england and wales and scotland before the end of the day. but in eastern parts of the country, a better day overall with fewer showers around. middle part of the week, a area of low pressure throws its cold front into the uk. will get some rain coming in scotland, ireland, eventually north england and north wales, to the south—east high pressure begins to build. and that is a theme as we go into the week ahead. it looks like the weather should become drier, a little bit more settled, sunnier, and in london we could see temperatures climb to 26 celsius. edinburgh and belfast meanwhile and a week with 20 degrees. so it is expected to get more settled and warmer towards the end of the weekend. that's your weather.
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hello. this is bbc news with carole walker. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment — first the headlines. the man in charge of planning for a no—deal brexit, michael gove, says leaked documents showing shortages of goods and a hard border with ireland are out of date and worst case scenarios. police in kent say a six—year—old boy who fell into the river stour in kent while fishing is unlikely
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to be found alive. the iranian supertanker, the grace one, which was seized injuly for allegedly smuggling oil to syria — is leaving gibraltan waters. funerals are held for the 63 people killed in a suicide attack at an afghan wedding. the islamic state group has claimed repsonsibility. and coming up after sport — james king reviews quentin tara ntino's latest release in the film review. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the chief features writer at the financial times, henry mance, and the broadcaster and psychotherapist, lucy beresford. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. and starting with the financial times, there's the incredible

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