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this is bbc news. the headlines. david cameron breaks his silence on brexit in an interview with the times the former prime minister says a second referendum cannot be ruled out. meanwhile boris johnson says he is cautiously optimistic about getting a deal on brexit but a heckler in yorkshire tells him to get back to parliament. why are you not with them in parliament? i would be very happy to get back to parliament very soon. but what i think we want to see is... the family of a teenager who died from an allergic reaction after eating out want the law changed to improve food labelling in restaurants. the number of people killed as a result of domestic violence
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is at its highest level for five years the vast majority were women. and, in the film review: downton abbey on the big screen. see what mark kermode thinks of it, and the rest of this week's releases, at quarter to six. the former prime minister david cameron says a second referendum on brexit cannot be ruled out. in an interview with the times mr cameron breaks his silence about his controversial decision to call the eu referendum three years ago.
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"i think about this every day. every single day i think about it, the referendum and the fact that we lost and the consequences and the things that could have been done differently..." on the possibility of a second referendum he says: "i'm just saying that you can't rule things out right now because you've got to find some way of unblocking the blockage. i think there are certain things you shouldn't do to unblock the blockage." in his book david cameron says boris johnson and michael gove behaved ‘appallingly‘ and on his relationship with them now he says "i've spoken to the prime minister a little bit, mainly through texts, but michael was a very good friend." joining me now is sir anthony seldon david cameron's biographer and author of ‘cameron at io'. how will history remember him?
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when thinking about his decisions about the referendum was ? the decision to call the referendum backfired, he wanted to remain with an the eu with this negotiations and that has not happened. what happened since has been the conservative party at war with itself and the country in danger of splitting up with scotland going off and no settlement and the possibility of no brexit. these are all very uncomfortable things for him to have to live with. this is what happens when you are prime minister, you have to take fa ntastically minister, you have to take fantastically important decisions and if they go well, that is great, and if they go well, that is great, and if they do not, it is agonising. trying to justify his decision, he said having a referendum was
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inevitable. that is what he said stop that is what he thinks and people can quarrel with that, but i think in the memoirs, you do get authentic cameron. he is not thinking about will be popular and will make the book sale, he is just being the person that he is and that is what he thinks. he thinks that the country has been so divided for so the country has been so divided for so long over the eu that it needed to be brought to a crisis point, a referendum specifically on this one issue in the country would have the chance to weigh up the evidence for oi’ chance to weigh up the evidence for or against and chance to weigh up the evidence for oragainstandi chance to weigh up the evidence for or against and i will settle the issue in a way that it was really not settled but that enormous discontent and that there were a lot of people thinking they were not pa rt of people thinking they were not part of what everything the eu
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entailed. so he is convinced that he was right to call it. his comments that are in the book can be seen as hostile toward some of his colleagues, people who decided they would back leave, he is pretty angry about them and he uses the word mendacious about michael gove. that is what he believes to be the case. they are different people, boris johnson is never a close personal friend, they always were along together but the felt very differently about the world. and david cameron always knew the boris johnson was after his job. michael gove was very different. they were close friends, close family friends
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and there was a sense of personal betrayal about michael gove that there was not about borisjohnson. i think that is why you see in the memoirs, a lot more personal animosity towards michael gove. there is a lot of anger about david cameron clearly from remain supporting people and there is word that preorders about the book have not been very good and some book shops actually do not want even sell the book. do you think that is going to be an important book or a book that people want to read? well, she is not everyone's favourite person at the moment, the remainders are very angry with and that group and have the country because he caught the referendum and they think you should not have called it and he
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fought badly in the brexiteers are very angry with him for supporting remain. it has not gone remotely well so it is a difficult time for the book to come out and it was going to come out earlier but the decision was taken to delay it until after, the idea was after britain had come out of the eu on the 29th of march of this year, it would come out at a more reflective time but that has not happened. so it is not a good time for the book to come out at all. will it lead to some kind of reappraisal, i think it will in time. it is a very honest book, they are time. it is a very honest book, they a re often time. it is a very honest book, they are often written by other people but this is a real authentic cameron and she is very open about what he
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says about everything. you cannot read the book without being clear what he thinks and it will confirm what he thinks and it will confirm what a lot of people thought about him and the fact that he is giving away the money from the book perhaps will not carry weight with many people. he is also clearly apologetic. very traumatised by the whole experience and that comes out in it. it is very far from whole experience and that comes out in it. it is very farfrom a strongly stealth defending self authenticating book, it is a very pretty honest book in which she admits to many mistakes, but not the mistake of calling the referendum. we are running out of time, but how do you think history will remember him? tony blair will always be the prime minister associated with iraq
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and is david cameron going to be the brexit prime minister? who would wa nt to brexit prime minister? who would want to be a prime minister? you do a lot of things, and economic and social legislation, social reform of prime ministers are remembered for the one big thing. if you get it right, it is fantastic. if it is wrong, history is very unforgiving in his big thing was calling the referendum. had it gone the other way, he would still be in power and heading for a general election next year and it would've been so different and it was close. but at the moment, the verdict of history is very negative. history written by the victors. well, three years after the referendum called
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by david cameron, borisjohnson said today he is cautiously optimistic about getting a brexit deal. earlier in south yorkshire, borisjohnson told an audience that there's a rough shape of a deal in place but was heckled and told to go back to parliament. our deputy political editor, john pienaar reports. the name's boris, borisjohnson. trust me. it looks like campaigning, and it is, for future votes and for trust that he's the one deliver brexit, no more delays. an exciting time, he told one supporter. not exciting, worrying, she said. maybe worrying for him too, wanting a brexit deal, attacked by critics for closing the commons. i'm all in favour of our mps. why are you not with them in parliament sorting out the mess that you made? get back to parliament and sort it out! he is being heckled by the commons speaker too, who has warned of more laws to ban or no—deal brexit, may be forced another extension.
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whatever the shenanigans that may be going on at westminster, we will get on with delivering our agenda and preparing to take this country out of the eu on october the 31st. what chance of a deal? he is hoping for a last—minute breakthrough. i am cautiously optimistic. is that good enough characterisation? i am cautiously optimistic. he will meet the eu commission president in luxembourg on monday, still a long way from agreement. his democratic unionist party allies want to be convinced by a brexit deal that they see as no threat to the union, and they haven't been. we are not going to vote for any arrangement which makes us different than the rest of the united kingdom and as a result forms the border between northern ireland and the rest of the united kingdom. as far as the irish government is concerned, our position hasn't changed. i would have to say that what has
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been put forward so far falls far short of what what we need. short of what we need. so the chances of a deal still seem remote, but that doesn't mean it can't happen. it would certainly help borisjohnson out of a tight political corner. if he is. if he is forced to extend brexit, he could expose the tories to a potentially serious threat from the brexit party. and now could a law that can virtually outlaw a new deal brexit and now could a law that can virtually outlaw a no deal brexit lead to that very extension? wanting a deal, even needing one, won't necessarily make it happen. where there is a political will, there is often a political way. but no one has found it yet. let's speak to our political correspondent helen catt who's at westminster. borisjohnson boris johnson says borisjohnson says he is cautiously optimistic that feel we have been hearing that from prime ministers for the past three years or so. what does it mean it is he right to be cautiously optimistic? cautiously
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being the key word, he is due on monday to meet with the president of the european commission, and michel barnier in that meeting is being sort of played down, they do not expect there to be any major breakthroughs that really is not with the intention is, it is another step in this ongoing task of trying to inch towards a deal. missing borisjohnson meet to inch towards a deal. missing boris johnson meet angela to inch towards a deal. missing borisjohnson meet angela merkel, all these other european leaders. the next in the series of those facing those meetings and they will be discussing the work that's been done and talking about those things but we are not expecting an eminent breakthrough on this. the tone is that there is a long way to go on a deal, even though there is optimism of what can be done in time. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages. at 10:40 and 11:30 this evening in the papers our
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guests joining me tonight are the guardian's dawn foster and broadcasterjohn stapleton. the headlines on bbc news. the family of a teenager that died after an allergic the family of a teenager who died after an allergic reaction during a meal out have called for a change in the law to ensure restaurant food is properly labelled. 0wen carey collapsed after eating a meal at a branch of byrons' in london two years ago. he was there celebrating his 18th birthday. an inquest heard he had told staff he was allergic to dairy but then suffered a fatal reaction after eating grilled chicken coated in buttermilk. angus crawford reports. right, this. 0wen carey. living life to the full, his family say, acutely aware of them,
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but never letting his allergies hold him back. but a meal out, an 18th birthday treat, killed him. fried chicken from byron burger cooked in buttermilk, ingredients not listed on the menu at the time, triggering a severe allergic reaction. the only warning was in small print on the back. the coroner said the lack of information had been falsely reassuring. 0wen, she said, made the serving staff aware of his allergies. but then the system broke down and owen was not informed that there were allergens in the order. his family are now demanding change. 0wen was the shining light in ourfamily, and his death should not have happened. we hope now that something good can come out of it. we are calling on the government to change the law on allergen labelling in restaurants. later, i spoke to 0wen‘s
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mother and father. we need to know that the restaurant industry as a whole will adopt what we hope will become 0wen‘s law, that they will voluntarily, before it becomes law, take action. owen had a load of energy and was always smiling and wanted to get the most out of life possible. byron burger says it has now made changes to its menus and training. it is clear that the current rules and requirements are not enough, and the industry needs to do more. more to help support customers with allergies, and more to raise awareness of the risk of allergies. but owen's death is not a one—off. natasha ednan—laperouse died after eating a sandwich from pret a manger. megan lee was killed by nuts in a curry from a takeaway. owen carey's family hoped the lessons from his death can prevent others in the future.
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the headlines on bbc news. david cameron has broken his silence on brexit in an interview with the times, the former prime minister says a second referendum cannot be ruled out. borisjohnson says he is cautiously optimistic about getting a deal on brexit, but a heckler tells him to get back to parliament. the family of a teenager who died from an allergic reaction eating out in the law being introduced in the law being sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. europe have a slender lead over the united states at the solheim cup. they'll take a 41/2—31/2 lead into the second day at gleneagles, as sarah mulkerrins reports.
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europe have never one this comp when they lost the morning session but it important for the european team to get off to a good start and they certainly did it after the morning, they led by two and a half points to one and a half, putting on good performances and major championship, as did the experienced charlie hall. four times she has played but despite being 23, looking forward to the afternoon, you're looking for the afternoon, you're looking for the challenge from the americans may come and while it came early on from a record equalling victory, and the match they did ever so well to secure a 7—5 when and europe got a point on the board and they were
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vital in getting that it all came down to the drum up with the final two matches will stop they did well to battle back from two down with four to play, one up down the 18th. but the real disappointment for europe and the real good .14 usa was the final match because charlie hall we re the final match because charlie hall were four up with six to play however they ended up having on the 18th, is a one point lead for europe going into saturday. jofra archer was the star of the show as england took charge of the fifth and final ashes test. he took 6—62 as australia were bowled out for 225 on day two. sam curran ripped through the middle order as steve smith stood firm making 80. our sports correspondentjoe wilson was watching at the oval.
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today began with the first of the innings and the start of their second innings, we saw ten australia wickets, six of them to archer who was at his best here today, with a ccu ra cy was at his best here today, with accuracy and stamina, in the afternoon it was a particular highlight weaving eventually falling at 78. chief wickets, david warner fallen for five at 78. chief wickets, david warner fallen forfive in at 78. chief wickets, david warner fallen for five in the context of the series and the context of steve smith series. england getting up to 18, seemed like a real victory, i was taken by chris who is making rare mistakes and the kind of dismissal england had hoped to take in smith, so many times, so much earlier in the series. also the impact of sam making his way to the debut, on his left arm swinging fast medium bowling and certainly had an
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impression, he thought he would run out. england's opening survived the tricky spell and they will be back on saturday morning and england will hope to end their long summer. they're calling it friday the 13th fright night in rugby league's super league, with four teams looking to avoid relegation in the final round of matches. all in danger with only points separating them from the start, one of them will drop out of the league tonight and that would be london we re tonight and that would be london were trailing by eight points. wheatfield trinity. we will have more for you in sports today at half past ten. back to you. the number of people killed as a result of domestic violence
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in the uk is at its highest level in five years and almost all of the victims are women. last year, 173 people died in domestic violence related killings according to data obtained by the bbc. the government says it's ‘fully committed' to tackling domestic violence, and ministers have promised legislation when parliament returns next month. tom symonds reports. the number of people killed as a result of domestic violence three men with something in common: they've alljust killed their partners. jalal uddin stabbed his 50 times when she wouldn't let him gamble with the family budget. michael rolle escaped on a bike after murdering his girlfriend, charlotte huggins, in a jealous rage. roderigo giraldo killed his wife, then put her body in the boot of this car. he then buried her in a shallow grave. what time did you go out looking for her? giraldo claimed she was missing, that he tried to find her. he was lying — not just to the police. 2:30...
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..but also to his desperate family. my mum, margory isaza villegas, was taken from us on 13th january 2019. she will be forever with us, weaved into our thoughts, memories and hurts. that's a statement you made to the court. it was a statement i made to the court. to be honest, it was all about her. it's about the person that she was and the positivity that she instilled in us. julian giraldo is steadfastly trying to find something positive from his mother's murder and his father's life sentence. you don't know when you can end up in a situation where you end up basically by yourself, because you've lost your mum and your dad. her body was found in this woodland. it was one of the first 100 killings of 2019. we've been examining those cases to try to understand why the murder rate has been rising. we found around a fifth were cases of domestic violence,
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and seven were murdered with a knife — notjust the weapon of the streets, but the home too. invisible in knife crime is the number of women who are killed by the use of a knife, in the kitchen or in the bedroom. and that's part of the issue about violence against women. it mostly remains invisible. there are awareness campaigns. police can issue new non—molestation and domestic violence orders against abusive partners. but critics say they're just not being used enough. in february, aliny godinho gets on a bus to pick up her children from school. her estranged husband ricardo is following in this black pick—up truck. she gets off the bus. shortly after this video, he stabbed her to death. she told the police that he was controlling her mentally. the police watchdog is investigating their response.
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but some lawyers and campaigners believe a lack of resources is preventing forces from acting. women have to go off and get orders on their own in the civil courts, and then the orders are breached and the police don't do anything to arrest the suspects, the perpetrators. we hear this all the time. this is clare wood. she was murdered in 2009. the killer, her boyfriend, had an appalling history of violence against women. clare's law, as it became known, allows anyone to request information about their partner's past. but it's still not been made an actual law. that was due to happen this year, and then brexit chaos intervened. this week, borisjohnson tweeted his commitment to a new bill to tackle an horrific crime which tears families apart. it's the most powerful greenhouse gas known to humanity, one that can cause terrible damage to the atmosphere yet most people
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will have never heard of it. sulphur hexa fluoride or sf6 as it's known is widely used to prevent fires and accidents in electrical equipment in power stations, wind turbines, and right across the electricity grid. but when it leaks it can have dire consequences for the environment. and it has been leaking the levels of sf6 have risen rapidly in the atmosphere in recent years. across the eu alone, leaks have been equivalent to putting 1.3 million extra cars on the road in just one year. matt mcgrath investigates. we're about to witness the startling destructive power of electricity, as technicians prepare a short circuit test at this laboratory. this is why industry rely so heavily on sf6. it prevents overloads that destroy installations. but the gas is also the most powerful climate—warming substance known to science, 23,500 times more damaging than carbon dioxide, and levels in the atmosphere are increasing.
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it's leaking into the air faster than ever before. this is a very potent greenhouse gas, and it's very long—lived. so what we put up in the atmosphere will essentially stay there for hundreds or thousands of years. if we don't cut emissions, we'lljust continue to add to that atmospheric burden. the main reason for the rise in the use of sf6 has been the change in the way we make electricity. in the past, we relied on a handful of large coal stations for our power, but these have been replaced by dozens of wind farms, requiring many more substations and connections to the grid. the electricity generated by wind farms is sent via underwater cables to substations on land. it travels along high—voltage lines, and the power is then converted so it can be used in homes and offices all over the uk. on every step of the journey, switches and fuses are used to prevent short circuits and fires.
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but around 80% of the ones in the uk depend on the powerful greenhouse gas, sf6. the eu will review the regulations on sf6 in 2020, but some energy companies are sensing that change is coming. this new wind farm being built off the coast of east anglia is one of the first and largest in the world constructed without sf6. however, there are limitations. the turbines here are connected to the substation, and that still relies on the gas. but at this factory in the netherlands, they have been making electrical switch products without sf6 for decades. they are ready for a0 years in the field and they are reliable, they are safe and they are really working with no use of sf6. changing from sf6, a reliable and cost—effective insulating material, won't be easy. the industry regulator ofgem says it's setting targets for companies to move away from the gas. but a ban on the substance
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is thought unlikely before 2025. the manufacturer whirlpool has intensified efforts to contact now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas the weather is looking pretty decent for much of the uk with lots of dry settled weather and sunshine but not dry everywhere. some patchy rain for northwest scotland and perhaps a few showers to the north of ireland, with a light wind it is going to be quite a chilly night with temperatures well down into the mid—single figures across england and wales with the mist and fog patch as possible in the first thing. but looking dry bright and sunny for northern ireland to a cloud over every scotland will see some heavy rain and strong wind working to the northwest. temperature is around 17 degrees or so across temperature is around 17 degrees or so across parts of scotland and we could see 23 down towards the southeast of england. gusts of wind with 14 southeast of england. gusts of wind with 1a to southeast of england. gusts of wind with 14 to 60 southeast of england. gusts of wind with 1a to 60 mph through saturday
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afternoon and into the evening as well. overnight that whether fencing since way further southwards some patchy rain for northern for northern ireland, northern england and north wells, sunshine to the side of that front. 25 in london. goodbye.
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hello again, you're watching bbc news with me, ben brown. the latest headlines... david cameron breaks his silence on brexit in an interview with the times. the former prime minister says a second referendum cannot be ruled out. meanwhile, boris johnson says he is cautiously optimistic about getting a deal on brexit — but a heckler in yorkshire tells him to get back to parliament. why are you not with them in parliament, sorting out the mess that you have created? would you mind? i am very happy to get back to parliament very soon. but what we want, i think to see... why don't you sort it out, boris?
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the family of a teenager who died from an allergic reaction after eating out want the law changed to improve food labelling in restaurants. let's return now to news that the former prime minister david cameron has said a second brexit referendum cannot be ruled out. in an in—depth interivew with the times, the former conservative leader says he thinks about the consequences of the 2016 poll "every single day" and worries "desperately" about what will happen next. earlier, i spoke to the journalist who did the interview with david cameron, andrew billen. who did the interview he who did the interview says he was very depressed i it. he says he was very depressed about it. that moment when he walks back into ten downing st, you remember he was hunting his actual resignation
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date, and that was... he was just try to calm himself dumb because he thought... he made an important announcement to the press. he walked back and i was miserable because i was leaving the job i love to do. you read the book and he talks to him. how did you find him coachella i met him. how did you find him coachella imet him him. how did you find him coachella i met him at his house in london. —— how did you find him?|j i met him at his house in london. —— how did you find him? i met him at his house in london. great self—assurance in david cameron, he spoke as a politician, still does. he talked about his family and the death of his son ivan, but, yes, there's a really touching moment, paragraph in the memoirs, when he
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talked about the election success enjoyed in 2015 and he plans for a second term when he was the master, finally had his own majority. and he says it makes me sad thinking about that period now, and there is a sadness there. it is a sad man who had been lucky in politics and came toa had been lucky in politics and came to a spectacularly long fall. he think about it every day. sadness and also anger, anger with his former colleagues borisjohnson and also anger, anger with his former colleagues boris johnson and michael gove in particular. he's got some pretty harsh words for them.|j said to him, you call michael gove mendacious, and he said, i don't think i use that word when i spoke to the publisher because i wasn't allowed to take notes. he is very angry with priti patel, our home
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secretary, for trashing the government. for boris johnson, secretary, for trashing the government. for borisjohnson, he says he has found him amusing, he has worked well with him and he passed but doesn't always trust him. inafew passed but doesn't always trust him. in a few weeks after we spoke in august, he sent me another e—mail saying that what had happened since parliament turned, it had shot him. he accused borisjohnson of a short practise in proroguing parliament, and said, no, i am practise in proroguing parliament, and said, no, iam not practise in proroguing parliament, and said, no, i am not in favour of and said, no, i am not in favour of a no—deal brexit. and said, no, i am not in favour of a no-deal brexit. ended to seems you he has are aggressive but the way he carried out the referendum campaign, the campaign in favour of remain and against leave —— does he have regrets ? against leave —— does he have regrets? cameron's thing is things
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went wrong and he regrets things went wrong and he regrets things went wrong, but would he have genitive from the? —— done it different? this was a much more cautious, pragmatic, economic based campaign that cameron waged. he thought, maybe i should be more emotional, and he said he tried to talk about the good the european union had done in engaging countries that had not produced... the result was, next morning, cameron predict world war iii in it didn't work. he said what happened was, he was expecting a rational campaign, and i was maybe naive. it turned into a tory psychodrama that was just irresistible to the media. and what about the book you mentioned? you said is there a good read but there are indications it is, preorders are
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not that big and some extort —— and some book stores don't even want to stock it? i was surprised by that. people weren't in love withjohn major in 1997 and his book didn't do well. people were calling tony blair a warcriminaland his well. people were calling tony blair a war criminal and his memoirs... well. people were calling tony blair a war criminaland his memoirs... i am not sure. i think people come when the reviews come through, and if they are fair and if they can see that it if they are fair and if they can see thatitis if they are fair and if they can see that it is a good read, a clear read. if you want to understand the last ten years, i think orders might pick up. and just briefly, andrew, how do you think history will remember him? does he fear in a sense that he will always be remembered as the prime minister who called that referendum?” remembered as the prime minister who called that referendum? i don't he fears it, he knows it. he is the man
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who crash the conservative party, the man who has brought things towards the responsible brexit. —— most destructive brexit. journalist andrew billen, talking about david cameron's memoirs. as the last six months have shown, no—one can predict what will happen with brexit. but one thing seems sure a general election is on its way sooner or later. downing street insists it's the only way to break the deadlock. the earliest it could be held is towards the end of november. here's our chief political correspondent vicki young. we are in a period of pretty unpredictable politics and the current make—up of the house of commons suggests a general election may not be that far away. let's take a look at the state of the parties right now. the conservatives have 288 mps and labour, 247. there are 35 independents, more than half of them
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former conservative mps booted out of the parliamentary party for voting against the government. the snp has 35 and the liberal democrats, 17. with all the others, that is a total of 650 and no party is anywhere near the required 326 for an overall majority. so, what is likely to be the tories election strategy? well, in 2017, the two main parties dominated, the tories taking 43% and labour, 41% of the vote. compare that to how the parties are polling now. the conservatives have had a poll bounce under boris johnson, but are still averaging around 33%. labour are down to about 26% in september's polls. so, let's take a look at the electoral map from 2017. if the current polls were reflected in a general election, the conservatives would take 24 seats off labour.
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places like kensington, dudley north and newcastle—under—lyme. but at the same time, they risk losing seats, places like stirling and gordon in scotland would likely go to the snp, cheltenham, southport and winchester to the liberal democrats. so the conservatives need to take more seats from labour and they will have their eyes on the ones that voted for brexit. looking at the conservatives top 50 labour—held targets, it is estimated that 39 voted leave. places like stoke—on—trent north had a 72% leave vote, blackpool south, 68% or great grimsby, 71% leave. but will historical anti—tory feeling here undermine this strategy? that will be one of the key features of an election and the other unknown is the potential impact of nigel farage's brexit party. could it damage the tories‘ chances by winning the support of leave voters?
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vicki young reporting. the campaign group leave.eu will face no further criminal investigation over its spending during the 2016 brexit referendum. the investigation was launched after the electoral commission the campaign group leave.eu will face no further criminal investigation over its spending during the 2016 brexit referendum. the investigation was launched after the electoral commission referred the campaign — founded by businessman aaron banks — to the police over its spending during the referendum and fined it £70,000. but the force said there was insufficient evidence to justify any further action. let us just tell you the actress felicity huffman has been sentenced to 14 days in prison. this was in
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the us colleges admissions scandal. she paid a large sum of money to get her daughter into a us college. she has been sentenced. she was in the hit tv show desperate housewives. she was sentenced to 14 days, accused with quite a large number of other parents as well. we will try and bring more on that to you as soon as and bring more on that to you as soon as we and bring more on that to you as soon as we get it. just coming into was actually, felicity huffman, and let mejust was actually, felicity huffman, and let me just see what else i can find out right now. the judge let me just see what else i can find out right now. thejudge in boston who sentenced felicity huffman, it is two weeks in prison. that is all we know at the moment. more details as soon as we we know at the moment. more details as soon as we get them, but felicity huffman, star of desperate housewives, sentenced after pleading backin housewives, sentenced after pleading back in may to conspiracy to commit mailfraud and back in may to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services back in may to conspiracy to commit mailfraud and honest services mail
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fraud in connection with that nationwide college admissions cheating scheme, so two weeks in jailand a cheating scheme, so two weeks in jail and a judge cheating scheme, so two weeks in jailand ajudge in cheating scheme, so two weeks in jail and a judge in boston has sentenced her. haven't had any comments from that judge sentenced her. haven't had any comments from thatjudge yet, but when we get them, and more details, we will bring them to you. malaria is one of the world's most deadly diseases. according to the un, it kills a child every 30 seconds. 90% of cases are in sub saharan africa, where for the first time a mass vaccination programme is being piloted. kenya is the latest country to join the tests. 300,000 children there are to be immunised. our global health correspondent tulip mazumdar has been to the country's national vaccine depotjust outside the capital, nairobi. so, there are around 100,000 vials of malaria vaccine here in this cold room. most of it has already gone to communities in western kenya where this pilot is taking place. and this here is the vaccine.
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it has been 30 years in the making and it works by training the immune system to attack the malaria parasite which is spread by mosquito bites. a child needs four doses of this vaccine before they reach two years old. it's been found to prevent malaria cases in four out of ten children. it has also been found to cut the most severe malaria cases by a third. this could potentially be a game—changer in the global fight against one of the world's oldest and deadliest diseases. this vaccine will greatly reduce a child's risk of getting malaria, but not to zero, so other precautions are important. bed nets, of course, are crucial. but also, access, prompt access, to malaria treatment, if they do become sick, is also an important part of the package. the lorries are now being loaded up
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ready for their long journeys to kisumu, kakamega and mombasa. it is mainly routine vaccinations that are going into these areas, but there are also some last—minute malaria materials that will also be going to the pilot areas. now, clinical trials have already shown the malaria vaccine to be safe and effective. the task now is to find out how well they work in real—life settings within communities, many of them very remote, here in kenya. tulip mazumdar there, our global health correspondent. the headlines on bbc news: david cameron breaks his silence on brexit in an interview with the times. the former prime minister says a second referendum cannot be ruled out. meanwhile, boris johnson says he is cautiously optimistic about getting a deal on brexit — but a heckler in yorkshire tells him to get back to parliament. the family of a teenager who died from an allergic reaction after eating out want the law changed to improve food labelling in restaurants.

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