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good morning. welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and nina warhurst. our headlines today: regrets and recriminations: former prime minister david cameron says boris johnson and michael gove "left the truth at home" during the 2016 referendum campaign. desperate housewives star felicity huffman is sentenced to m days in prison for her involvement in a us college admissions scandal. english high streets are set to get a share of £95 million to help them compete with online retailers. good morning. europe have the edge and a 1—point lead over the united states after day one of
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the solheim cup at gleneagles. good morning. there is a lot of sunshine around to start the saturday but for scotland and northern ireland, it is one of increasing cloud, some rain and strengthening winds. all of the details for you coming up. it's saturday the 14th of september. our top story: the former prime minister david cameron has criticised borisjohnson and michael gove, accusing them of trashing his government with what he describes as their appalling behaviour during the brexit referendum. in his first major interview since leaving downing street three years ago, mr cameron has told the times newspaper that the result of the referendum left him feeling depressed, and that he worries about it every day. here's our political correspondent helen catt. after yea rs of after years of carefully keeping himself out of the headlines, former prime minister david cameron is once
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again the big news in town. and that may not be welcome news of boris johnson. he and his cabinet colleague michael gove are accused by mr cameron colleague michael gove are accused by mrcameron in colleague michael gove are accused by mr cameron in his new book of behaving appallingly during the 2016 referendum. he actually, in the book, i said call that michael gove who was a close personal friend, mendacious, and borisjohnson, and he says he has always found him amusing, he has worked well with him in the past but he doesn't always trust him. david cameron also admits that he failed and that some people will never forgive that he failed and that some people will neverforgive him that he failed and that some people will never forgive him for holding a referendum. he says he thinks about every single day but believes that calling it was right and he felt it was inevitable. he has also clearly apologetic, his being very ——he has been very traumatised by the whole experience and that comes out in it so experience and that comes out in it so it is very far from a strongly soft offending, self authenticating book —— itself defending. it is an
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honest book in which he admits to many mistakes but not the mistake of calling the referendum. but claims paid by mr cameron in his interview with the times magazine that the referendum campaign turned into a terrible tory psychodrama have been disputed by a prominent leave campaign. as far of millions of people, 33 million people voted, 17.4 million of them voted because they wanted to leave the european union. they did not care a fig about tory psychodrama is or anything else. most of them put aside party loyalties and voted on the issue. david cameron has also weighed in on the row over the suspension of parliament, describing using prorogation as a sharp practice that has rebounded. he admits though that there is a blockage and for that reason the man who has been refined by one referendum now says holding another cannot be ruled out. helen catt, bbc news. the liberal democrats begin their party conference today with a campaign to cancel brexit. the party's leader, jo swinson, wants to revoke article 50
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without a referendum, therefore keeping the uk inside the european union. let's get more on this with our political correspondent susan mendonca. momentum is one of those keywords in politics, isn't it? we have these party conferences coming up. if i say sense of where the lib dems are at. i think they are in a good place ahead of their party conference because they are buoyed by the recent defections i have had to their party from former labour mps, former conservative mps, who have joined them and also, had a good by—election result in wales where they beat the conservatives and have got a new leaderjoe swinson and her m essa 9 es got a new leaderjoe swinson and her messages are very clear message on messages are very clear message on brexit, so we have had the lib dems before talking about stopping brexit and now they are making it clear that what it means is revoking article 50, and that is of course what began the process of britain leaving the eu and they say they would reverse that completely.
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putting a very clear dividing line between them and labour. and certainly, them and the conservatives. and hoping that that will mean in a future general election that they would actually get perhaps some of those labour voters who are unhappy with labour's message being to —— too mixed up and those conservative remainder voters unhappy about the conservatives moving more towards a pro brexit message. thank you very much. felicity huffman, the hollywood actress known for her role in the tv series desperate housewives, has been sentenced to two weeks in prison for her part in a college admissions scandal. she paid $15,000 — that's around £12,000 — to falsify her daughter's exam results. here's our north america correspondent david willis. —— here's our north america correspondent david willis. felicity? are you sorry for what you did? it is the walk—on part no hollywood actress would ever want to land. felicity huffman arrived for sentencing, accompanied by her husband william h macy, having admitted paying to have her daughter's exam results
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doctored to land her a place at a top university. the college admissions scandal has seen 33 parents charged with bribing administrators and sports coaches via a middleman. it is also reinforcing the view that the university admissions system here is inexorably slanted towards the rich. prosecutors accused felicity huffman of acting out of a sense of entitlement. she blamed her actions on parental insecurity, and in a statement released after the hearing wrote: felicity huffman‘s sentence will start in six weeks' time, meaning that in theory,
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she could spend next sunday on the red carpet at the emmys. her netflix series when they see us has been nominated for a string of emmy awards. her defence team had argued for probation and community service, no time in prison. prosecutors countered, saying that being confined to a hollywood mansion with an infinity pool hardly constituted meaningful punishment. she will begin her sentence on 25 october. 69 high streets in england are to get a share of £95 million in an effort to help them compete with online retailers. minsters say they want to breathe new life into historic buildings. simon jones has more. the high street is struggling with big names and small retailers alike forced out of business as more of us shop online. government wants to reverse that trend. it says its
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multi—million pound investment will help transform disused historic buildings into shops, houses and community centres across england. making them more attractive places to live, work and visit. towns and cities had to bid for the funding which was announced in may. since the start of the year an average of 16 shops have been closing every day on the high street in the uk. the £95 million cash injection would be shared among 69 towns and cities. the biggest winner is the midlands which will receive £21 million. here in north london, tottenham highroad is going receive £2 million, that is going to be used to do up shopfronts and facades to try to boost regeneration in the area. the government says it wants to preserve buildings for future generations while at the same time making them work for the modern world. bedford is another town that will benefit. but it is a big challenge. previous government initiative that saw the expert mary porter has taught in to save town centres had mixed excess.
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and labour says it is a decade of austerity that has decimated the high street. simon jones, bbc news. a state funeral will take place later today for the former leader of zimbabwe, robert mugabe. he died in a hospital in singapore last week at the age of 95, two years after he was ousted from office in a coup. many zimbabweans will shun the ceremony in protest at the repression which marked his later years in power. he's expected to be buried next month in a specially built mausoleum. after months of violent clashes, demonstrators in hong kong will stage peaceful singalongs in shopping centres and parks this weekend. last night, protesters formed a lantern—carrying human chain. let's talk to our correspondent nick beake, who's in hong kong. very good morning to you. peaceful images for now but how long do you think they will last? morning. well, this is the 15th consecutive weekend here in hong kong that we are
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expecting some form of protest. it has to be said today it looks like it should be a peaceful affair. we have some secondary school students joining togetherfor have some secondary school students joining together for what is looking like a peaceful rally. i think the concern is tomorrow, there is another big march which people are intending to take part in the police have banned this and we have seen in previous weeks and months that when the police have done that it is added to more violence really in terms of people wanting to take on the police and we have seen battles and tear gas being fired and water cannon gushing through the streets. and the big thing here is even though the government have made a concession to the protesters, they have withdrawn this bill that would have withdrawn this bill that would have sent suspects from here in hong kong to mainland china to face trial, even though that is now gone, lots of pro—democracy campaigners are not happy and basically they wa nt to are not happy and basically they want to make things, a big independent investigation into the way the police have behaved over the past three months and another thing they want is in the future, they wa nt to they want is in the future, they want to be able to choose the person
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who leads the city and the government and they do not want to be given a short list of people that beijing have put forward so still lots to play for and no sign of this crisis which has gripped hong kong ending anytime soon. no, not over yet. next, thank you. —— nick, thank you. sam smith has asked people to use the pronouns they/them instead of he/him after coming out as non—binary earlier this year. the pop star took to instagram to say: "after a lifetime of being at war with my gender, i've decided to embrace myself for who i am, inside and out." as they say in games of thrones, winter is coming to the french town of bayeux. it's been home to the bayeux tapestry for centuries. and now, joining it is a similar piece of embroidery that some avid fans of the tv show may recognise. it looks like the famous cloth, but instead of depicting the conquest of england in 1066, this carries plot lines. it is 87 metres long and was crafted by 30 embroiderers in northern ireland. the tapestry is on display
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until the end of the year. 0h! i have seen that tapestry. it is really impressive, isn't it? very much so. i really did not expect to be so blown away by it. it is well worth seeing if you ever get the opportunity. let's have a look now at some of the front pages for you on the saturday morning. the times is front and centre as to what is going on today in our coverage. 0ne story dominating the front page is former prime minister david cameron, the times leading with a quote from the times leading with a quote from the former tory party leader, taken from his memoirs that serialise it, saying he is truly sorry, the uncertainty and division, the brexit referendum has caused but insist he was still right to hold a referendum in the first place. the guardian chooses to focus on mr cameron's criticism of the current prime
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minister borisjohnson criticism of the current prime minister boris johnson and criticism of the current prime minister borisjohnson and fellow leave campaigner gove for trashing the government. and on the front page of the daily mirror, a different line — mike ex—pie minister's bombshell, the top line. cameron's admission he smoked dope with his wife samantha while attending eton. and the front page of the daily express, they talk about mr cameron's shock at the amount of people who wanted brexit. they say he misjudged the level of anti—eu sentiment. let's get more on the hollywood actress felicity huffman, who has has been sentenced to 14 days in prison after paying to have her daughter's exam answers secretly corrected so she could get into university. the desperate housewives star is one of dozens who's been caught in the scandal. let's talk to the entertainment journalist simon thompson, who joins us from la. what's the reaction been? because of her fame and position and
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being an actress, this is kind of giving an awful lot of attention and she is now going to go to jail? she is! thing that most people are surprised about is the fact that isn't for very long. considering the amount of sort of wrongdoing but has actually taken place. a lot of people are thinking perhaps she got a bit ofa people are thinking perhaps she got a bit of a lighter sentence, as many people are seeing, because she seemed genuinely sorry for what has happened. but also, the thing is people do expect more accountability for these kind of things, especially when the issue of privilege at the top end of society is something that a lot of people are certainly more aware of now than they have been for the last four to 15—20 years the people really were expecting she would spend a little bit more time behind bars and she has got off a bit lightly, they feel. on the one side you have, as you say, the fury that there is about people of
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privilege getting into these top universities. then her personal story which, we now know through the courts, of how difficult it was between her and the daughter, she was trying to help. about, you know, how that played out between the two of them. absolutely, i mean, it was mentioned a couple of days ago how the relationship is broken down considerably which is always u nfortu nate considerably which is always unfortunate in this kind of situation but obviously, the daughter, this is not something that she had asked her parents to do, this is something the parents were responsible for doing, it was not the daughter's fault that you can imagine that that kind of thing would create some tension because ultimately when you are found guilty of doing something like this, you pay a price. and then you are, your thought of debt to society is paid but this will follow around the daughterfor but this will follow around the daughter for many years. she but this will follow around the daughterfor many years. she really is only at the beginning of her academic career and certainly her professional life. it is by no means the end of the story in terms of the court because other people are still
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facing charges? very much so and some of those are people who are still certainly fighting the charges or have not been perhaps as helpful as felicity and her husband william h macy have actually been with the authorities in this so we have yet to find out exactly how hard the legal system is going to come down on those individuals. we get to see that. certainly by the reaction that people have had to felicity you know, obviously having to do some time behind bars but then coming out and doing community service, they might actually be a little bit harder on those people who are still yet to receive theirjudgement for what they have done as part of this scheme. simon, thank you for your time. here's susan powell with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. it was army in salford last night. well, quite chilly outside for many. skies clear overnight and in some parts of england wales, temperatures around two or three degrees.
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sunshine across the southern half of the uk today which should warm things up nicely. to the north there is already rain pushing into the north—west of scotland courtesy of this area of low pressure. a much cloudier day here, and pretty wet, especially across the northern aisles and the highlands. that area of low pressure will gradually fade more cloud south across scotland and northern ireland as the day pans out. quite windy across the northern half of the uk. particularly strong gusts of that gusts of wind in scotla nd gusts of that gusts of wind in scotland and northern ireland. england and wales essentially staying cloud free. some missed around perhaps at the moment. lifting in the next few hours. in the sunshine, we should see our temperatures go up into the low 20s, perhaps 23 in the south—east of england. a chillier story where we have the wind and rain, just 15 for the north—west of scotland. susan, thank you very much. looks like it will be a lovely weekend for many people. enjoy what you are
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doing this weekend. it is 6:17 a.m., which means it is time for the film review. hello and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is, as always, mark kermode. hello! what have you been watching, mark? well, we have downton abbey, which is the big screen version of the tv series that i think everyone is aware of. we have honeyland, an extraordinary tale of beekeeping in macedonia. and hustlers, for which people are already talking about a possible oscar nomination forjennifer lopez. i had no idea there was a downton abbey film out. so little publicity! if only they let us know somehow. here is the thing, i have never seen the tv show and i know you have... i quite like it. but the thing is, having
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never seen the tv show, you watch the movie and go, that is exactly what i thought it was going to be. the story is there is a royal visit to downton which sets everybody in a tizzy. there is a conflict amongst the serving staff over who actually gets to serve the royals. there is a hint, a hint of political intrigue with the merest whiff of republican insurgence, and then there is a touching matter of an inheritance that may cross class boundaries. here's a clip. how clever of you to find me. well, not really. i lived here 40 years. i assume this is your maid? yes, this is lucy smith. oh, good evening, smith. good evening, milady. shall i go? no, not from me. i'm delighted to meet you. i've heard so much about you. is there something you want? oh, just to see you're comfortable and to confirm our little chat for later.
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i live my own life now, violet, i'm not what i was. my father is gone, my husband is gone, i see no reason not to do what i want. it doesn't mean there is no reason, merely that you cannot see it. i think lady merton is right. we will have it out once and for all. but now i must go to her majesty. brilliant! you laughed all the way through that. i'm just a little worried it is not quite camp enough! there was an interview where hugh bonneville said gillian fellowes did think, why don't i make this about, give it social realism? no, let's do a royal visit instead. in fact, there is a joke about the general strike. somebody asks maggie smith's character, "has the strike affected you? she says, "well, my maid is a communist and she has been a bit uppity." beyond that, it is exactly what you would expect. it is odd to think that in the background of all this is gosford park.
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which was dark and satirical and had... and then, downton was sort of a spin off and then became a thing of its own. now it comes back to the screen with, i have to say, the rough edges taken off it. there is a very fleeting subplot which has a thriller elements and then they forget about it. then they get back to having conversations over cups of tea. does it need to be on the big screen? is it cinematic in that sense, or is itjust a load of froth? it doesn't need to be on the big screen, but the fact is, i laughed. maggie smith is terrific. it feels like a really comfortable armchair, and although i have never sat in that armchair before, i know exactly where we are with this. there is a lot of discussion about, the world is changing. is there still a place for us? to which the answer is, absolutely! and if we felt like coming back for another movie, let's do it. why would you mess with the formula? people who go to see downton abbey, they know what they want.
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why would you mess with it? yes, and i saw the trailer in the cinema, and the frisson of excitement that went through the audience when maggie smith popped up. quite something. may i hazard a guess it was an older audience? possibly a bit older than me. it does exactly what it says on the tin, and as a 56—year—old man who had not seen the tv series, i knew exactly where everything was. 0nto something which really was surprising. honeyland, which is this macedonian documentary about a disappearing way of life. we meet this woman who is in her mid—50s, who is harvesting honey from wild places. she is up on the side of a mountainous region. she reaches her hand into the rocks for the honey. half for me, half for them. it is a very traditional way. she doesn't have her hands covered, the bees do not sting her because they appear to know her. then we see her looking after her mother, who is very infirm. there is some discussion about why she never got married,
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why the matchmaker never found a match for her but clearly she is there to look after her mum. and she has this very traditional way of life which then gets essentially messed up by the neighbours, who have a different way of doing things, and so it is about a lifestyle that is in retreat. it is a really, really moving documentary. there is something profoundly mysterious about bees anyway. it is not surprising that there are so many dramas are made with bees at the heart of them. it is not narrated, the story tells itself. a lot of the time, we look at her face. there are some incredibly intimate moments of her and her mother in their house, and you feel the film—makers have done a brilliantjob of disappearing into the background. what you are seeing is unmediated reality. i know it isn't, i understand everything is edited, but it seems really real. very profound, very moving and you will not have seen a film like it this year. i think it is really worth checking out. very impressive.
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very clever film—making. and again, third one. good variety. hustlers, this comedic drama inspired by a new york magazine article about exotic dancers scamming their clients. jennifer lopez, people are talking about her as a possible 0scar nominee. she plays ramona, the queen bee dancer who takes constance wu's destiny under her wing and says, "i will show you how this works." here is a clip. i was a centrefold once. no way. '93. oh, my god! back when stevie wonder came in. how did stevie wonder come in? casey had him in the champagne room — swears to god he isn't blind.
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wow! how come you're so good? i see you with every single kind of guy and... i don't know, it's like you have them all figured out. i guess i'm just a people person. it is written and directed by lorene scafaria who made that strange little movie seeking a friend for the end of the world, and it plays out like a cross between the wolf of wall street and magic mike, with a bit of a movie that nobody saw called dancing at the blue iguana, which was again about dancers but it approached them as characters first. this is very good in establishing all these characters, establishing the relationships between them, and you see why it is they decide, "look, the people we are performing for, they are crooks. they caused the financial crisis. why should we not take them for all they're worth? there is a heist movie built into it. people decide, "look, this is the only thing we can do. we have to take desperate measures." it is a really interesting film because it is not in any way leering or in any way sort of...
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it is gritty, the life they lead is dark... but it is really funny. the characters are very, very vibrant. as i said, it's very well written and directed. there is a terrific central performance. the whole cast are pretty good, but it works because it has got a lot of chutzpah to it. it is a big, bold, brassy film, but it has got real depth and it has got real characters, and you care what happens to them. and it is really funny when it needs to be. intriguing. a good week! best out is a classic rerelease. midnight cowboy is 50 years old, which is a terrifying thought, and so it is back on the big screen. it is a bfi reissue. this isjon voight and
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dustin hoffman probably at ca reer—best performances. famously, the only american x—rated movie to win best picture — although that's because the x rating came to mean something else. it is brilliant. an iconic score byjohn barry. a tale about a hustler and a conman who come together, and it is a strange buddy relationship. and it is so brilliant watching it again, because the reason this film has enjoyed is because you absolutely believe in those two characters. you believe in the strange friendship that they have between each other and moments like watching dustin hoffman walking across the road, nearly getting run down and banging the taxi, saying, "i'm walking here!" which apparently was an ad lib and now has become one of the most movie lines of all time, so really well worth seeing back on the big screen. if you've never seen it in the cinema, go and see on the big screen. i was enjoying the period element of it and watching new york and its skyline, and i thought the two of them were absolutely terrific. i am still slightly struggling with some of it, but there are things about it i like. i think that photography is a winner. they look like they are
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out on the streets. true that. and for anyone that wants to sit on the sofa... i chose this for you. john wick 3: parabellum. thanks, mark! i know you are a big keanu reeves fan, particularly in the ultra—violent john wick series. here is the thing i would say about this. think of it not as a violent action movie, think of it as a musical with well choreographed dance numbers thatjust happen to involve people hitting each other. i think this is the best of thejohn wick movies. best action movies are like musicals. it is all to do with choreography. keanu reeves, whatever one may think about him, is a good martial arts actor. he is really physical. i think this is the best of the john wick series and you should definitely check it out. i am very busy watching downton abbey. thanks for the idea! enjoy your cinema going, whatever you decide to go and see this week. thanks for being with us on the film review. see you next time, bye—bye.
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hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and nina warhurst. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. the former prime minister david cameron has criticised boris johnson and michael gove accusing them of trashing his government with what he describes as their "appalling" behaviour during the brexit referendum. in his first major interview since leaving downing street three years ago, mr cameron has told the times newspaper that the result of the referendum left him feeling depressed, and that he worries about it every day. felicity huffman, the hollywood actress known for her role in the tv series desperate housewives, has been sentenced to two weeks in prison for her part in a college admissions scandal. she paid $15,000 — that's around £12,000 — to falsify her daughter's exam results. the actor was also ordered to complete 250 hours of community service and pay a fine
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of almost £16,000. 69 high streets in england are to get a share of £95 million in an effort to help them compete with online retailers. minsters say they want to breathe new life into historic buildings. since the start of the year, an average of 16 shops on the uk's high streets have been closing every day. the united states and brazil have announced plans to support private sector investment and job development in the amazon, which they claim will help protect wildlife and reduce deforestation. it follows international criticism of brazil's handling of the forest‘s worst fires for two decades. the country's space agency says there are still more than 80,000 fires burning across the region. the former girlfriend of ex—cricketer geoffrey boycott has criticised theresa may's decision to give him a knighthood, saying he doesn't deserve it. in an interview with the sun newspaper, margaret moore — who was physically assaulted by boycott in the 19905 — said she was disgusted that he had been honoured. he has always denied the attack.
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one of the uk's largest pawnbrokers has closed all of its stores. the owner of albemarle & bond and herbert brown has announced its looking for a buyer for some of its 116 shops with staff offered redundancy. the national pawnbrokers association says customers are being kept in the dark. good morning, whew! news on the solheim cup? it was extraordinary yesterday because there were lots of big victories in the individual matches and yet they all came together at the end of the day and realised her set up day to they should have a nice and close so it is delicately poised, a fantastic — already does make sense of how equal the two teams are balanced. are we talking about the solheim cup? no, we're not talking about the ashes! this is the ryder cup but in women's
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golf see you have team europe and tea m golf see you have team europe and team usa and it is very much as you often team usa and it is very much as you ofte n get team usa and it is very much as you often get with the ryder cup set up beautifully for day two at gleneagles. what might have been a record lead for europe was reduced to just a point — 4.5 to 3.5 — after a dramatic final hour fightback from the usa, as lydia campbell reports. europe have never lost a solheim cup, hosted in scotland, and it was an encouraging start in the perth sunshine as minerals and charley hull helping decide to a slender lead in the morning session. but the usa have won the last two solheim cup and ali mcdonald, along with angel again, pull the usa level with a record—equalling four goal win. it did not last long though. wildcard pick susan pedersen justified did not last long though. wildcard pick susan pedersenjustified her place in the team by putting your backin place in the team by putting your back in front with this. —— back in front with this. but the real drama of the day was left until the final hole and the final pairing. the
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ultimate rate sinking a birdie. this left charley hull needing depart from here win the match. a disappointing finish for europe but a slim lead to defend going into day two. lydia campbell, bbc news. are we on to the ashes? yes indeed! england will resume on day three of the final ashes test with a lead of 78 afterjofra archer helped bowl australia out for 225 and, believe it or not, steve smith didn't make a century. after taking early wickets on the second day, england were again frustrated by smith but the celebrations that greeted his departure for 80 were fitting. but once chris woakes removed him, jofra archer took over, finishing with 6 wickets for 62 runs, including the final dismissal of peter siddle — rory burns with a stunning catch. england will resume on 9 without loss in their second innings. it would mean a lot for the team
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obviously there is still a lot to play for as it has championships and even our own personal game, you know, so although the ashes is lost we still have got a lot to play for. now, it was billed as friday 13th fright night in the super league, as one of four teams faced relegation in the final round of fixtures. in the end, it was london broncos whose luck ran out. they were beaten by wakefield, whose19—10 win saved them from relegation. for the broncos, they return to the championship after one season in the top flight. huddersfield and hull kr also survive. after the international break, the premier league returns today. leaders liverpool are the only side with a 100 % record — they kick the weekend off at lunchtime, at home to newcastle. newcastle will fight like crazy and like they did against tottenham for example and they had kind of a good result and now for us the game will bea result and now for us the game will be a real challenge and pretty much eve ryo ne
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be a real challenge and pretty much everyone at home, we need the atmosphere of it again and 12 30 and if we have the atmosphere then we can do something. derby and cardiff's stuttering start to the championship season continues. they drew 1—1 last night, robert glatzel‘s penalty sealing a point for cardiff. among today's games, leaders swansea host nottingham forest. we're expecting big crowds in manchester city centre today for the finish of the tour of britain cycling race. dutchman mathieu van der poel has a 12—second lead after winning his second stage of the event. they set off from altrincham at 11 o'clock. britain's alice tai has continued her dominance at the world para swimming championships. she won herfifth gold medal in the pool in london last night with victory in the women's 50 metres freestyle, setting a new championship record.
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and five gold medals soon became six, as tai was part of the great britain relay team that won the 4 x 100 metre medley, setting a new world record time. frankie dettori rode stradivarius to a 10th successive victory in the doncaster cup, an unbeaten run stretching back nearly two years. stradivarius was the 9—1 on favourite, but he wasn't expected to run in this race. trainerjohn gosden said he was too fresh, "rearing up and shouting all the time", so they decided to enter. tyson fury insists he's not getting ahead of himself as he prepares for his latest fight. in fact, he's not looking much beyond the few hours that follow his meeting with 0tto wallin in las vegas. fury has weighed in at 17.5 stone — over half a stone lighter than his last outing — for the heavyweight fight which will be in the early hours of tomorrow morning our time. and he's the overwhelming favourite ahead of a much talked about rematch against deontay wilder. i'm not interested in wilder one bit, i've got 0tto wallin to think about and then i'm going to think about and then i'm going to think about getting smashed in los fagan with the mexican people so february isa with the mexican people so february is a long way away and i may have a
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lot of cuts and bruises by the time february comes we will worry about that when it arrives. tyson fury is already planning his celebrations, even though he is not getting ahead of himself, he has decided quite a few drinks may follow a potential victory against otto follow a potential victory against 0tto wallin. follow a potential victory against otto wallin. he is never dull. if you are in las vegas, if you are in las vegas in the early hours of tomorrow morning, watch out, tyson fury is planning a big one. hejust needs to come out of his shell a little bit, doesn't he? he is very reserved! the new bbc one drama the capture delves into the shadowy world of so—called big brother technologies, raising questions about the importance of fighting crime over rights to privacy. and while facial recognition cameras are being trialled in some places, those behind the technology say its benefits shouldn't be overlooked, as our home affairs correspondent katharine carpenter has been finding out. that you are not going to run a facial rep for me? when does the capture. surveillance cameras and facial recognition technology have starring roles in the current bbc
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0ne drama the capture. the programme questions whether their images can be trusted and who is controlling them. we are asking similar questions here in the real world too. police trials of facial bracket should have been scrutinised and the information commissioner is investigating after a private company used the technology in king's cross —— facial recognition technology. but here whether biometrics of my face are being analysed right now, they said they ignore the positives of the technology at our peril. it will look for people on a watchlist and if one of those people walk past the camera, it will trigger an alert and recognise that person. if a is not on the watchlist and it will ignore them. clearly number has —— london has enough crime problem and if this technology can be used in tandem with other police tactics, to take knife crime from the street, you
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would see a lot of public support for that. after ten controversial trials, the mets as it is still considering how it may be used in the future. any wong says pairing it with officer's body want cameras is an obvious next step. speeding up thejob he an obvious next step. speeding up the job he used to do as a super wreck visor, trawling through cctv at scotland yard. the system will give you a list and you will say right, fantastic, and a human sitting in a controlled room or in a car or wherever you are based will look and say yes, is that the same person, or no? the data protection and privacy concerns persist. it can be used to catch bad guys, certainly, but it also makes m ista kes certainly, but it also makes mistakes so it could be leading to misidentification of completely innocent people, can also be used to chill public expression to make people feel uncomfortable, showing their faces people feel uncomfortable, showing theirfaces in people feel uncomfortable, showing their faces in public. people feel uncomfortable, showing theirfaces in public. when i see myself on the screen, with a box around my head and defying it, it does make me feel a little bit uneasy. it is interesting is as he was seen by our cameras, you had a smart phone and that's my time you when you were, the data was being captured, it was being analysed,
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other platforms were understanding where you have been, what you have bought, where you have been, from my perspective that is far more pervasive intrusion. but he does wa nt clearer pervasive intrusion. but he does want clearer laws governing the use of facial recognition, as does the government's biometric commissioner who says we all need to make choices about the future world want to live katharine carpenter, bbc news. interesting stuff. so should we be concerned? let's ask the technology analyst stephanie hare, who's in our london newsroom. very good morning to you. this new facial recognition technology, if it is helping police and propelling forward the fight against crime, what is wrong with it? we definitely wa nt to what is wrong with it? we definitely want to help the police, i don't think anyone is arguing about giving them the tools and technologies that could help them do theirjob. i think the problem is this is not a neutral technology, so over in the us where i am from, we are seeing cities band police use of facial
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recognition, so that is san francisco and oakland and california and summerville in massachusetts, and summerville in massachusetts, and another state of california is looking at banning facial recognition police body cans. and the company that is the biggest suppliers of police body cameras in the usa made a decision this summer not to put facial recognition on it because it decided that it is an ethical problem, but right now, we need to decide as a society if we wa nt to need to decide as a society if we want to introduce technology that does have this chilling effect that isa does have this chilling effect that is a privacy issue, a civil bit is issue, we need to decide that in our parliaments, it should not be the police who introduced technology thatis police who introduced technology that is a powerful and we'lljust have to live with it, it is to have a democratic mandate. you talk about body cameras at a time when they
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come up, they were hugely controversial and have become a normal part of policies that people say they are grateful for, if it has helped them to solve a crime. is it not just a helped them to solve a crime. is it notjust a case that helped them to solve a crime. is it not just a case that this helped them to solve a crime. is it notjust a case that this is new technology and because we are not used to it we afraid of it?|j technology and because we are not used to it we afraid of it? i do not think it is a case that we are new technology we are afraid of, we need to couple bifacial technology is different and so powerful. what it does is turn our entire society into effectively a police dragnet. what it means is all of us are being compared in real time against a police watchlist. which kinds of makes us like suspects until proven innocent. rather than assuming we are innocent until proven guilty. and we do not want to just give police every single tool in order to do theirjob, otherwise we would not require them to get warrant for insta nce to require them to get warrant for instance to search our homes or phones, they cannot access your phone, you would have to give them permission unless a court issued a warrant, so what now our phones have greater protections than our faces do. arguably the home office have said they are pleased about this finding, it will still be allowed to be used. they would argue with a knot that if you look at some of the recent terror attacks in the uk potentially, this sort of technology could have stopped them? i'm sure they would love to argue something
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like that and what i would love to see them do is do so in parliament after having an enquiry into the use of the technology by both police and private sector and to create a legal framework so that people know what their rights are and how to hold the police to account. because right now but we are seeing is the police in different areas of the united kingdom use this technology differently. private sectors are doing its own thing. no—one really knows what their rights are or how this could go. if we all start using amazon ring doorbells with facial recognition on their video cameras, we're all going to turn our neighbourhoods effectively into a surveillance society. none of it is covered in more at the moment so it would be great to do this in parliament and do it properly rather than rolling out piecemeal as we are doing now. the classic argument is if you have not done anything wrong there is nothing to be afraid of and you will not get hooted up to the police. i would say in a liberal democracy we do not have to prove that we are innocent, we are innocent until proven guilty, so it is not a question of having something to hide or not, in a
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liberal democracy you have to come and prove to me that you have a reason to question that. many thanks, stephanie, an issue we will be talking about very soon. thank you. saturday morning, everyone wa nts to you. saturday morning, everyone wants to know what the weekend weather is like. how is it looking? here's susan powell with a look at this morning's weather. good morning to you and to our weather watchers, some of you are right and early and what a beautiful start of the day it is! this recent image from cleveland, beautiful sunrise. a bit more clout of the north—west of the uk at the moment and a little bit of that filtering its way south. the satellite picture basically captures your day, if you like. there will always be more clout of the north of the uk because it is an area of low pressure nearby and heavy rain for the northern isles and some rain increasingly creeping into the highlands. cloud through the day as well will filter down across scotland and into northern ireland after quite a sunny start. england and wales, aside from actually start with a few patches of mist, a case of sunshine all the way and quite pleasantly warm in the
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sunshine, up to 22—23. caller to the north, especially with the rain around for the north—west of scotland, and windy as well but particularly later on in the day. through the evening and overnight across northern ireland and the northern scotland gaels or severe gales are possible across the northern isles, gusts up to 60 or even 65 miles an hour. you can probably see a line of cloud here behind me drifting south, as we have through the night, this is a coldweather front so the clue is in the name, chilly air coming in behind it. we will not notice it so much in terms of the temperatures i think first thing on sunday, the wind is strong enough in the north to protect us from any frost but certainly through sunday daytime, this is a dividing line for our temperatures. also the potential along this weather front for us to just see some slightly heavy rain developing through the day and some
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uncertainty as to exactly where the line belie. at the moment it looks like rainfor line belie. at the moment it looks like rain for northern ireland, parts of northern england, southern scotland, fringing into north wales and the midlands come the afternoon but that is the cut up in the temperatures that was talking about, 12-13 to the temperatures that was talking about, 12—13 to the north of the front across northern scotland where we could see 26——— 26 in the south. 0n a positive note, if anything is out in terms of temperature, high pressure starting to build as we move into the new weeks, it dissolves the way our weather front, eve ryo ne dissolves the way our weather front, everyone for a time is plunged into some cooler airfor everyone for a time is plunged into some cooler air for monday and tuesday and we pick up a north—westerly flow. but the high pressure will be there so there will bea pressure will be there so there will be a lot of sunshine around and then from tuesday onwards it looks like we will start to pull in warmer air from the south—west. monday— tuesday, a lot of fine weather. sunshine, quite chilly nights though, look up apache frost across the northern half of the uk for northern ireland and for scotland through the early part of the week, and through the latter part of the week it looks pretty settled, a big area of high pressure, light winds,
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pleasa nt area of high pressure, light winds, pleasant autumn sunshine and i think some pretty pleasant auto —— autumn weather as well. a pretty positive outlook for everyone in the coming days. now it's time for click. for the last four months, protesters have been rallying in hong kong. first against a proposed bill that would have allowed the extradition of hong kong residents to the chinese mainland to face criminal trials. that bill has now been withdrawn, but protesters remain on the streets, asking for more demands to be met,
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including greater democratic freedoms and an enquiry into alleged police brutality. the protests have been watched around the world, with the videos uploaded daily showing highly organised groups. in the airport, on roads, and even in the legislature. but with no clearly structured leadership. this contrasts with the so—called umbrella revolution of 2014, a pro—democracy movement where individual organisers were targeted and jailed. this time, people are using encrypted messaging apps to organise in a more anonymous way and try to avoid interception by the police. china is a world leader in facial recognition, surveillance and artificial intelligence technology. so it is not unthinkable but they have found workarounds to keep an eye on the apps. danny vincent is in hong kong and he met two protesters who are trying to organise
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without being identified. a smart lamppost being kicked to the ground and opened up by protesters. hong kong authorities say they are used for monitoring the weather, pollution and traffic. but protesters say they could have a more sinister purpose, housing a facial recognition camera for monitoring and identifying people taking part in the protests. they sawed it down to see what was inside. they claimed to find computer chips made by a mainland company linked to surveillance. i think the guys in the front line that took down that surveillance camera, they understand it might be a surveillance system that is monitoring its people. they actually might not know the entire technology behind it.
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lasers are another way protesters are using relatively low—tech solutions to disrupt the surveillance of the police en masse. the laser pens are used because if you point it directly at a camera it will make the sensor of the camera a little bit unstable. it might buy time for us, it might disrupt the police from chasing us. hong kong has seen months of protests. these protests have not been organised by individuals. they have been organised by tens of thousands of people online and tens of thousands of people have also taken to the streets. much of the organisation has been done using online forums and encrypted messenger apps like telegram. this it professional and protester asked us to call him tony. he is a member of several groups planning protests over telegram group chats. some of these groups have tens of thousands of members.
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the last time hong kong has had such la rge—scale protests was during the 0ccupy central movement or the umbrella revolution. that movement had a leader. the government has targeted that organisation afterwards. so this time around, people see that it is safer to participate in this movement without identifying themselves. without telegram, i can't imagine our masses would have co—ordinated effectively, feeling secure that the police could not implicate us or prosecute us. some go to even further levels to protect their digital footprints. meet alex. the phone i use isjust a normal android phone from samsung that has got military security. it works as a secondary android. it is behind a primary android system. it is two separate systems. there is a lot of passwords you have to input in order to get into that secondary android.
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it has military grade protection. it is very difficult for the police to trace me digitally. he suspects the authorities are also becoming increasingly tech savvy. many have long suspected a loophole in the popular messenger app, which could allow the government to monitor communication despite its encryption. we suspect the government has been importing all the hong kong phone numbers into the telegram, or the police force telegram account, to help them pinpoint which person is involved in that kind of speech or involved in that conflict. telegram claims it has now fixed this loophole — but fixed or not, protesters are developing other methods of communication. these include using airdrop on iphones and the bridgfy app. both over bluetooth. bridgfy uses peer—to—peer networking and doesn't use the internet to work. still, these apps may not be completely surveillance free. sometimes face—to—face communication
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is the only means available. if the internet is not good and it is not feasible for us to grab our phones, it is better to do it in the field. this movement has also become an information war between the protesters and police. protester scouts take photos of police locations and spread the information online. after more than 15 weeks of protests, this movement shows little sign of slowing down. london fashion week has kicked off with all its usual glitz and glamour, and as the biggest designers take centre stage to showcase their latest creations and set this year's trends, protesters from extinction rebellion gathered outside to remind the world about the true cost of fast fashion. 80 billion pieces of clothing are produced every year. and many of those are discarded not long after they have been bought. the true cost of fast fashion is now becoming apparent. the industry is one of the largest polluters in the world, right up there with
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oil and agriculture. and cotton production is a big part of its carbon footprint. almost half of all clothing contains cotton. well, lara lewington has been to sweden to see a facility which is hoping to refashion our cotton garments several times over. from the cotton fields to the clothes rail, it takes 20,000 litres of water to makejust one kilogram of cotton. and to put that into context, that is enough for a t—shirt and a pairofjeans. and that is why what is going on here is so important. at this swedish recycling mill, a fifth of that water is needed to create a comparable amount of fabric. the place runs on wind and water power, converting cotton into viscose in a process classed as climate positive. these bales are stuffed full of denim, in this case leg panels from pairs of jeans. so although this facility could separate any metal fastening or even any stitching which is made
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out of something that isn't cotton, here this batch has arrived all sorted already. but here, an eco—friendly chemical process is followed by de—dyeing the fabric. any remaining colour is then removed through chlorine—free bleaching. water then transports this pulp into the next stage, where it will be dried for transportation. resulting in quite literally a blank canvas to be sold on to clothing companies. and this is the end result. a sheet of what is known as circulose, a type of dissolving pulp. these bales are stuffed full of denim, in this case leg panels from pairs of jeans. so although this facility could separate any metal fastening or even any stitching which is made out of something that isn't cotton, here this batch has arrived all sorted already. but here, an eco—friendly chemical process is followed by de—dyeing the fabric. any remaining colour is then removed through chlorine—free bleaching. water then transports this pulp into the next stage, where it will be dried for transportation. resulting in quite literally
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a blank canvas to be sold on to clothing companies. and this is the end result. a sheet of what is known as circulose, a type of dissolving pulp. that gets sold on and turned into thread which feels a bit like cotton wool, and from there of course it is used to make clothing. feels pretty nice. that is now made out of viscose and it is recyclable again, about five or six times. this was in fact a proof of concept seen on the catwalk a few years back. this was in 2014. four years down the line, this facility was ready to be opened. we are the first company which is doing this on an industrial scale. we are notjust producing kilos, we are producing tons of this, and that is very, very important for the industry, to realise that this can be done on a real scale,
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and make a real difference. because if you just talk about kilos, nobody can make a change with a few kilos, but you can make a change with thousands of tons of material, and you can show the world that it is actually working. raw materials being sorted is just one piece of the puzzle, though. this denim had to be shipped from the us, although with scale, more facilities could open worldwide, reducing the carbon footprint of that element. and how about the labour afterwards? that is not in renewcell‘s remit, but it is of course part of the bigger picture. meantime, high street retailer h&m, one investor in the company, will soon have clothing originating from this process on their shop floors.
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but the big dream here is that by 2030 the clothing industry might use 100% recycled or sustainably sourced materials. and while that may sound unachievable now, clearly times and attitudes are changing. that was lara in sweden. and that's it for the short version of click this week. in the full version we have more fashion fun, and you can find out where i am wearing these attractive goggles and this alarmingly tight green t—shirt. that is available on iplayer for you to watch right now. don't forget we live on facebook, youtube, instagram and twitter, at @bbcclick. thanks for watching and we will see you soon.
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