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under theresa may johnson but under theresa may before that. i think a lot will be felt by the conservative party. she was a remainer so some might say a less likely member of the cabinet member. —— of the cabinet. what was her relationship like with boris johnson? she once described him as life and soul of the party but not the person you would want driving you home at the end of the night. that was during the leadership campaign and expressed the suspicion and discomfort with which she viewed him politically. they got on and we re him politically. they got on and were described as some even as friends at westminster. but i think there is not necessarily any love lost between them politically and the approach which borisjohnson has taken and the tactics he has used, they are clearly something amber rudd has felt uneasy about and she simply cannot go on with any more.
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the losses aren't only on the conservative side because we've also had news from angela smith, labour mp. yes, slightly overshadowed by amber rudd's resignation from the cabinet, but angela smith —— the lib dems have confirmed the former labourmp, dems have confirmed the former labour mp, angela smith, becomes the 16th member of the liberal democrats and a parliamentary party. she left labour to form the independent group which became the independent group to change uk through various incarnations. others of her collea g u es incarnations. others of her colleagues have joined the incarnations. others of her colleagues havejoined the lib dems subsequently. chuka umunna probably the most prominent. but she has joined the liberal democrats this evening and a statement from her says she is delighted to be joining the party and describing the need for a more inclusive, tolerant politics for a party that enjoys
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diversity. still another 24 hours to go before monday! hold tight! you are watching bbc news. the breaking news is that amber rudd has resigned from the cabinet and also surrendered the conservative whip. more on this through the night. for now, let's get the weather. the weather is set to turn i settled into next week with rain and strengthening winds but that the moment there weather remains quiet this weekend. there is weather front will bring the change by monday but at the moment, high pressure is still around so it is generally fine and dry but it will be cold early on sunday morning, plenty of sunshine away from the north—west, we are seeing increasing cloud in western scotland, cloudy for northern ireland, one or two showers threatening norfolk down to kent by the rest of england and wales and eastern scotland enjoying sunshine and temperatures similar to
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saturday. this weather front brings the change overnight and into monday, it will push eastwards and stop and at this stage it looks like eastern parts of england generally speaking could be dry and may be brightening up with a bit of sunshine. the rain came in to ease off slowly across scotland and north—west england and wales, still some wetter weather towards the north—west where temperatures only 6 degrees. —— i6 north—west where temperatures only 6 degrees. —— 16 degrees. the area of low pressure takes cooler and wetter weather towards northern spain, the next weather system is coming in from the atlantic but we have a brief respite on tuesday, some showers but for the most part dry with spells of sunshine. the temperatures will be higher, vertically across southern and eastern parts of england. wet and windy weather arriving in the far north—west by the end of the day, thatis north—west by the end of the day, that is around that area of low
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pressure which contains remnants of hurricane dorian, no longer hurricane dorian, no longer hurricane at this stage but it will bring wet and windy weather and sweep it across the whole of the country. the rain lighter and then we get spells of sunshine developing farand wide, we get spells of sunshine developing far and wide, some showers mainly across northern and western scotland where they could be a little bit heavy. we will find gusty winds but it is likely the strongest of the winds will be tuesday evening and tuesday night. we may well find the temperature is creeping up a little bit as we draw in some tropical air together with remnants of that old hurricane. as we move into the next area of low pressure, this actually contains rem na nts area of low pressure, this actually contains remnants of tropical storm washi gabri out but the computer monitors are struggling with this, it is not as strong and as far north so we it is not as strong and as far north so we have rain around on thursday thatis so we have rain around on thursday that is pushing in from the atlantic, always wet over some of the western hills, easing through the western hills, easing through the day, and skies brightening a
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touch. still some fairly brisk winds through the day but nowhere near as windy as we thought it would be across northern parts of scotland and it could be that the strongest winds will be further south. that is where we've got some warmer tropical airand where we've got some warmer tropical air and those temperatures will be higher. that system isn't going to last long, it is good in as we look further ahead towards next weekend, it is all about this area of high pressure. it is not building quite as strongly, not building as far north, hence the blue on the charts and wetter weather coming in across northern parts of the uk. but the high pressure is on such a position whereby we are drawing in some really warm air and pushing it northwards across all areas as we head beyond next weekend but over next weekend we are likely to find wet and windy weather at times, parts in the uk, it is dry in the south.
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hello, this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first, the headlines. amber rudd has quit the cabinet and conservative party saying she cannot stand by while loyal moderate conservatives are expelled. the conservative party that is such a force for good in government in this country no longer has a place for people who have different views on the european union. and i can't stand by that. it comes as a cross—party group of mps is preparing to take legal action if the prime minister refuses to abide by a bill to delay the uk's exit. the court's making a decision to try and make a prime minister abide by the law made by a parliament
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of which he is a member. these are strange times for democracy. it's the law of the land, and he is under an obligation to obey it. if he doesn't obey it, then he can be taken to court, and the court, if necessary, will pursue an injunction ordering him to do it. if he doesn't obey the injunction, he could be sent to prison. the number of people killed as a result of hurricane dorian in the bahamas has risen to 43. satellite images appear to show an iranian oil tanker off the syrian coast after it was previously impounded in gibraltar. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow.
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with me are martin lipton, chief sports reporter from the sun — and the economist ruth lea. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the sunday times has their interview with amber rudd's on her resignation from the government and the conservative whip. the mail on sunday has reports of prince andrew having a row with with aides. the observer goes with legal advice that suggests the pm would have to resign if he failed to follow the brexit law passed by mps. and the sunday express leads with a threat from the prime minister to paralyse the eu to avoid getting a brexit extension. just a little flavour there are some of the front pages. let's start off with a breaking news this evening. ruth, you are saying that the last
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time amber rudd resigned, you were with us here. i was. so i am an old hand at dealing with amber rudd and her resignations. this goes back to last tuesday and it seems about 300 yea rs last tuesday and it seems about 300 years ago but it was only last tuesday when they were 2! tory rebels who signed with the opposition to take over the business of the house from the government. what happened then was the government withdrew the whip, of course, from these 2! rebels. i must say, given the fact that they had sided with the opposition to take control of the house away from the government, i did think that was justifiable. but obviously, amber rudd doesn't. and because she is so sort of hurt or infuriated by the purge of these 2! rebels, she has a p pa re ntly purge of these 2! rebels, she has apparently resigned. two other points while i'm at it, i was a bit surprised she was in the cabinet in the first place because she was such an ardent remainer, the second point to make is that i'm not quite sure how this government can actually function. and now has a majority of
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-45. philip function. and now has a majority of —45. philip lee crossed the house on wednesday, i think, —45. philip lee crossed the house on wednesday, ithink, that —45. philip lee crossed the house on wednesday, i think, that meant the majority went from plus 12—1. then you've got the 2! rebels becoming independent so that means you go back down to —43. now that amber rudd has given up the conservative party whip and become an independent, —45. idon't party whip and become an independent, —45. i don't have this government can function. martin? it has been a truly unprecedented week. this is not good news for the government and for boris johnson. one has to ask what on earth amber rudd was doing signing up to the government policy when she was offered the post just a few weeks ago? and she has now decided she can't support the very policy that she signed up to to be a member of the government. if i'm boris johnson, i might feel i've been let down by two members of my cabinet, two cabinet attenders, as it were,
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with the other one on thursday. she talks about the short—sighted culling of, an act of political vandalism, says that he is not kept his cabinet sufficiently informed, ministers cannot influence the government's behaviour on brexit because johnson listens only to dominic cummings, of who we have heard plenty of things over the last few weeks, is as it is outrageous that the legal advice and prorogation of parliament has not been handled. it is pretty damning stuff. enormous —— normal circumstances, this would be a crisis. but so much has gone on that nothing seems inconceivable anymore. this new territory. we mayjust see a prime minister before the courts. the observer, you will be forced from power if you defy brexit law. this is according to legal advice obtained by labour. obviously, they would say that wouldn't they, one
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has to suspect. if the government, which is the upholder of the law, refuses to obey the law, then what happens? again, we do not know. this is advice from a very senior lawyer saying that if the government refuses to comply with the order to ask for an extension, then theoretically boris johnson could be found in contempt of court and potentially jailed. but i found in contempt of court and potentiallyjailed. but i really don't see that happening, i have to be honest. well, ijust can't see how he can ignore the law, quite honestly. whatever you think of hilary benn's bill that went through the commons on wednesday, it went through the lords on friday, and i think it will get the ascent on monday, it is the law of the land. and the idea that you would have a prime minister actually ignored the law of the land, however inconvenient hilary benn's bill is, i would find it absolutely extraordinary. i find it i would find it absolutely extraordinary. ifind it difficult to believe this would happen.
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meanwhile, the express going with the prime minister threatening to pa ralyse the prime minister threatening to paralyse the eu, and quite strong language, sabotage. a bit too strong, i think. language, sabotage. a bit too strong, ithink. the language, sabotage. a bit too strong, i think. the express has got carried away here. nick was on newsnight said recently that if for some reason the government didn't appoint a commissioner in the european union, we would be breaking the rules, in that case, we might get thrown out. he was suggesting this is perhaps borisjohnson's get a tad —— get out ofjail card. this is the way he can leave on the 31st october. it is a prosperity. we are living in desperate times and it borisjohnson is serious about leaving the european union on 31st of october, we are in uncharted territories. perhaps getting the eu to throw us out may yet be the only way forward. i don't know. we don't know. the country will be looking at
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what has gone on over the past couple of weeks. irrespective of their stance on the single most divisive issue in this country for many years. they will be asking questions, what on earth is happening? who is in charge? what is happening? who is in charge? what is happening? there is no clarity, although it is muddle, mess, and chaos. we need and deserve better than this. we need to have somebody to actually take command of the situation, but who knows who that person is going to be and when that person is going to be and when that person is going to be and when it will happen? dog and that confusion, the daily mail has a reporter bust up the daily mail has a reporter bust up within the royal household. apparently, this is an incident in which prince andrew had a furious i’ow which prince andrew had a furious row with a palisade which was so aggressive and dramatic that prince charles had to ask him to apologise. this is all tied up with other issues involving the duke of york, medically his friendship with jeffrey epstein, the disgraced
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paedophile. he went to jail for paedophilia, he has been accused of lots of things now. many allegations have been strenuously denied by the palace, understandably so, and by the duke of york, about anything. but he did have his friendship and it appears he is becoming quite crotchety, as you might well be if you are being accused of all sorts of things. again, it is pretty unpleasant story for the palace. it is not what they want to be having discussed. and he continued his friendship with epstein after he came out of prison for paedophilia. come on, what was he playing at? i don't know. let's ask a few more questions at 11:30pm. or try and a nswer questions at 11:30pm. or try and answer a questions at 11:30pm. or try and a nswer a few questions at 11:30pm. or try and answer a few more questions. these front pages are throwing up the questions. for now, martin and ruth, thank you very much. that is it for this edition of the papers. they are all online for you. headed the bbc news website. bbc dot dot uk. if you
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miss the programme. you can watch it again via the bbc iplayer. don't go away because i am back with you at the top of the hour, though. we have a programme for you coming up now. i'm in switzerland at one of the countries most famous wine festival. plus, i will find out why the natural white movement is on the rise. .
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i'm ina i'm in a small swiss town celebrating a wine festival. as well as being home to vineyards, this city is known for its living tradition. a three week celebration of wine that transforms the town. they produce 100 million metres a year,. visitors to this lakeside town worked their way through over half a million bottles of wine. the festival itself began as a one—day feast hosted by an brotherhood. as a way to reward the best way make in the region. it clearly takes the locals a while to recover as a festival only takes place once every
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20 to 25 years. this began in 1797, as a small parade —— parade through the streets. but because of unrest in the region, the next couple of decades, the next event wasn't organised for another 22 years. a cycle that has remained ever since. unbelievably, this yea r‘s cycle that has remained ever since. unbelievably, this year's fate is only the 12 festival since then, with each year's so —— show growing in silence pedicle. today, the climax of the celebration of the daily show that takes place in a stadium and features over 5000 volu nteers stadium and features over 5000 volunteers and this year the show has been created by the man behind cirque du soleil. i'm loving the vibe back here. there are people in
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costu mes, vibe back here. there are people in costumes, props everywhere. as the creator of this incredible show, what is it like creating something that only happens once every 20 yea rs ? that only happens once every 20 years? it is something very unusual. it is like a theatre show but with 5000 actors, may be more, 6000, something like that. you can be very precise and tell the story about the people, or you can try to find a different form, to bring them like ina different form, to bring them like in a strange journey. using your imagination, not doing things conventionally, doing things a little bit outside the box, having fun, basically. yes. with 5000 people in your show, do you think you've got room for one more? dance with your hands. dance with my hands? do this. yes. am i in? you are in. i am hands? do this. yes. am i in? you are in. iam in. the show
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hands? do this. yes. am i in? you are in. i am in. the show represents are in. i am in. the show represents a year in the life of the vineyard and in order to have enough else for that many volunteers, even the bugs and birds get their moment in the spotlight. you are going to be a dancer. your upper body is completely separated from the lower body. you are definitely getting it, i am believing you. i've i feel like i'm a little bit stiff, especially in the left—hand side, i've got time to perfect my wing movement, i am looking forward to getting involved in the show so bring it on. i've got my moves, time to get my costume.
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these are huge. how do i look? am i working it? then, the three hour extravaga nza working it? then, the three hour extravaganza began. the cloud sounds huge, little bit scary. the first ever festival has a capacity of 2000 people, i'm about to perform in front of almost 20,000 people. it wasn't until i ran out into the stadium at the olympic scale of the show truly sank in. the sun is blazing, it is so hard, i melting. totally worth it. look at this
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atmosphere. i can't think of another place where multiple generations from one family get a chance to be involved in such an epic experience together. this really m ea ns an epic experience together. this really means a lot to a lot of people. a lot of emotions running high. and i can see why. the choreography wasn't as important in the end, everyone in free styling but it looked really good and what an honour to take something —— part in something that happens in —— every 20 years. now, i'm heading to the swiss alps to meet the winemaker who is doing things a little bit differently. peter smith set up his company when
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the wind movement was taking off and today the consumption of natural wine is taking off. there is no official definition as to what makes a natural wine but it is all about low intervention, letting nature do the work without losing any chemicals or additives. i have heard this vineyard is a pretty good example of this. that was quite a trek. i'm used to vineyards being a bit more tidier. there is a lot going on, brambles, bushes, loads of wild plants, this is not your typical vineyard, is it? that wild plants, this is not your typicalvineyard, is it? that thing is to have really living space for nature. so there is a method behind the wildness? there is deafening method, we don't need any fertiliser, it only comes from the greens we plant here. i'm starting to see what you are talking about.
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this is definitely your patch. this isn't. it is barren, no undergrowth. you look over this way, bees, butterflies, lots going on. this is the traditional way how wine growing was done here the 50 years and more so we took it to make space and give light. peter has clearly put a lot of effort into making his fines as wild as possible. apparently his vineyards are home to 64 species of butterfly. but having never tried natural wine, i'm looking forward to taking —— testing how it differs from the one i'm used to. peter, what are we tasting? the disobedience is a white wine. but if you see, the colour is more like golden. they call it like orange.
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yeah, it's a nice colour. not one you would expect when someone says white wine. in the old days the wine had four colours — there was red and white, and it was rose and orange. when we did this wine we broke all the rules. it is like doing all in the wrong way so in the end it comes to this. that is really nice. it is quite tangy but really flavoursome but very different to the white wines i'm used to. i've never had orange wine before, i've never heard of orange wine before. speaking to peter has made me realise that natural winemaking is as much a philosophy as it is a process. that part of the excitement within the movement is the unpredictability of nature that helps make each bottle different from the last, something traditional winemakers have spent centuries trying to avoid. he has also made it clear that even the wildest of vineyards need taming. so he's agreed to let me have a go on his little red tractor. from the outside, it looks wild, but if you do not manage it, it is just all overgrown and after a three years there is nothing to harvest anymore. so it is controlled wildness.
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yes. it is myjob to manoeuvre the roller backwards, down the hill, flattening the grass that will then act as a natural fertiliser for the soil underneath. but i've never been that good at reversing. this is a lot harder to manoeuvre than i thought. i have done many things for the travel show but driving a tractor backwards down the swiss alps, definitely was not in the original job description, but i think i nailed it, right. i think it is fair to say that a lot of us have got expectations of how wine should taste based on what we have been told so it is quite a refreshing and fascinating to see people like peter refusing to conform and it's easy to see that, by using more natural methods, not only is he doing his bit for the environment,
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but he's shaking up the wine industry a little bit too. and that's it for this week's travel show. but coming up next week: ade's in amsterdam to see researchers prepare to restore rembrandt‘s the night watch in full view of the paying public. wow. oh, man, so that's it? all of this scrutiny and all of this work for one artist. i really think that he would think we are crazy. so make sure you catch that and, in the meantime, don't forget, you can check us out on social media. but for now, from me, lucy hedges, and the rest of the travel show team, here in switzerland, it's goodbye. you may have picked up the odd shower in england and wales and the last of these are clearing away from southern england. overnight, you may catch one rushing the coast of east anglia. cloud increasing,
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temperatures going upwards elsewhere and in clear skies it will be a chilly night to come. a touch of frost in the coldest parts of eastern scotland and north—east england. plenty of sunshine to start the day tomorrow. thickening cloud to northern ireland, north—west scotland, initially, and north—west scotla nd scotland, initially, and north—west scotland is a day goes on, patchy light rain and drizzle. elsewhere, it will stay dry, for the most past —— most part the winds are light. temperatures around 15 to 18 celsius, a bit warmer in eastern scotla nd celsius, a bit warmer in eastern scotland and north—east england.
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this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 11. amber rudd has quit the cabinet and conservative party saying she cannot "stand by" while "loyal moderate conservatives are expelled". she said she no longer believed leaving the eu with a deal was the government's "main objective" — and said the sacking of 21 tory mps was an "assault on decency and democracy". have been surprised l by i have been surprised unfortunately by the lack of work and preparation thatis by the lack of work and preparation that is going into getting a deal. i knew and i accept that the prime minister said to be able to leave no deal on the table. but when i had expected to see was a huge government centred effort to get a deal.
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