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good morning, welcome to breakfast with rachel burden and rogerjohnson. our headlines today: former conservative minister sam gyimah defects to the liberal democrats after being expelled from his party for rebelling against the prime minister over brexit becomes the sixth mp to defect to the liberal democrats over brexit. david cameron accuses borisjohnson of campaigning to leave the eu in order to further his own political career. former international rugby player gareth thomas reveals he is hiv positive, saying he wants to help reduce the stigma around the condition. i want to empower so many other people who are in exactly the same position as me. and probably ten
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times worse. to be able to feel free as well. champions manchester city lose in the premier league for the first time in nine months, beaten at promoted norwich. a look ahead today at what the week has in store, but also further ahead. some autumnal mornings. it's sunday 15th september. our top story: the former conservative minister sam gyimah has defected to the liberal democrats. he's one of six mps who have joined the party in recent weeks. mr gyimah was among 21 conservatives who had the party whip removed after rebelling against the prime minister, to try to prevent a no—deal brexit. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports from the lib—dem conference in bournemouth. i would like you to meet the newest
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liberal democrat mp, sam gyimah. former government minister who says the conservatives left him feeling like an outcast. i walked out of a ministerial job, like an outcast. i walked out of a ministerialjob, risk losing the web, i have one of the safest conservative seats in the country. but i know that something that drips off the tongue of everyone who goes into politics, i want to make a difference, i want to change my country. sam gyimah accused boris johnson to having a scorched earth approach to brexit. he was one of the few tories to support a second referendum, so not a huge surprise that he has jumped referendum, so not a huge surprise that he hasjumped ship referendum, so not a huge surprise that he has jumped ship to the party that he has jumped ship to the party that want one too. the lib dem leader wants to harden the party's
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stop brexit stance. if there is a general election, she promised to revoke article 50 and reverse the decision to leave the eu even without a public vote. liberal democrat up crystal clear. we want to stop brexit, so if we find ourselves in a general election, that will be our unequivocal message. therefore, if a liberal democrat majority government is elected, we should revoke article 50. 18 mp5 elected, we should revoke article 50. 18 mps and counting, record membership. the weather is not the only reason the lib dems have to be careful at the conference this weekend. the party is at odds with the referendum result to leave the eu, but it is hoping to turn out to its advantage in a looming election campaign. and it feels very much here like the lib dems are up for the fight. the former prime minister david cameron has launched another stinging attack on borisjohnson accusing him of only backing brexit to further his career, in the latest extracts from his memoirs.
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mr cameron also criticises his once close friend, michael gove, who he brands as ‘disloyal‘. let's get more on this now from our political correspondent peter saull. we had a bit of this yesterday in the newspapers. anything new in particular we are learning today? yes, further revelations this morning from david cameron, who has been pretty silent, resigning rather acrimoniously on the morning after the referendum in 2016. but now, questioning the motives of boris johnson for supporting the leave side in the first place, believing that he supported it to help his own career. also, david cameron, once considered to be a close friend, is not anymore. he says michael gove, a liberal minded and carefully
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considered conservative intellectual, had become a "foa m —flecked intellectual, had become a "foam—flecked fa rage—ist", intellectual, had become a "foam—flecked farage—ist", warning that the whole population of turkey was about to flood into the eu. this morning, in the mail on sunday, he co m pa res morning, in the mail on sunday, he compares the uk to the comic character the incredible hulk, saying that the matter he gets the stronger he gets, and that what happened in parliament the week before last was just a kerfuffle. the former wales rugby captain gareth thomas has revealed he is living with hiv. he says he wants to break the stigma surrounding the condition and has talked about the shame and fear of keeping his condition secret. daniel davies reports.
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i've got hiv, and it's ok like, that is what i want to say more than anything. it is a secret he has tried to keep to himself and those closest to him. but now gareth thomas telling the world and embarking a new challenge. he has trained for an ultra endurance ironman triathlon to show he isn't limited by his condition. a bbc documentary shows him could preparing for the event and preparing for the event and preparing to reveal that for some time he has lived with hiv. he talks of the shame he says he felt, and of the worry of what people would think of him if they knew. one of my fears is that that will kind of go and who i was prior to people knowing i have hiv might be forgotten and that will
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potentially deter people from wanting to be associated or be around me. thomas, 45, says he wants to help overcome the stigma surrounding hiv. he has compared the experience of making this announcement coming out as gay, which he did ten years ago. announcement coming out as gay, which he did ten years agolj announcement coming out as gay, which he did ten years ago. i want to empower so many other people who are in to empower so many other people who a re in exactly to empower so many other people who are in exactly the same position as me. and probably ten times worse. to be able to feel free as well. that was daniel davies reporting. and if you want to watch the full documentary, gareth thomas: hiv and me will be shown on bbc one wales on wednesday at 9pm. you can also watch it on iplayer. the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, has blamed iran for the drone strikes that set fire to two major oilfacilities in saudi arabia. houthi rebels in yemen said
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they carried out the attacks, but mr pompeo said there was no evidence they came from there. the saudi energy minister said half of the country's oil production had been temporarily stopped. a charity rescue ship has arrived at the italian island of lampedusa, after the country agreed to let it drop off 82 migrants picked up at sea. it's the first time the italian government has allowed a migrant rescue vessel to dock for several months. most of those on—board will be taken to other european countries with 2a of the migrants expected to remain in italy. the spanish prime minister pedro sanchez has visited some of the areas badly hit by torrential rain and floods. six people have died and 3,500 had to leave their homes after some of the heaviest daily rainfall on record. flash floods swept away cars and swamped homes and fields in the regions of valencia, murcia and eastern andalusia. a new storm has brought heavy rain to the bahamas almost two weeks after hurricane dorian
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claimed at least 50 lives and devastated the islands. tropical storm humberto is slowly moving north and is expected to become a hurricane either tonight or tomorrow morning. emergency services say 1,300 people remain missing across the bahamas. police are continuing to investigate the theft of a solid gold toilet with an estimated value of more than a million pounds which was stolen from blenheim palace yesterday. police say the burglary caused significant damage and flooding to the stately home. a 66—year—old man has been arrested and remains in police custody. sarah campbell reports. it's called america, and went on display in new york's guggenheim museum more than 100,000 people experienced this fully functioning artwork. relocated one of britain's
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most famous stately homes, blenheim palace, visitors were to be allowed to spend three minutes alone with the toilet, doing whatever came naturally. the exhibit itself was designed to be a reflection on the american dream, and the idea of something ordinarily unobtainable potentially being there in a way you could touch, and the toilet was designed to make that physical. but just two days after going on display, the toilet was stolen, causing significant flood damage to the palace. we believe they used at least two vehicles during the offence, and left at around 4:50am. 66—year—old man has been arrested connection with this incident, and he is currently in police custody. blenheim palace say they are relieved no—one was hurt and are urging anyone with information to contact the police. what an astonishing story. you're watching breakfast from bbc news.
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time now for a look at the newspapers. let's look at the front pages. "cameron's fury at the liars of leave," is the headline on the front of the sunday times, which publishes an extract from david cameron's memoir, for the record. in it, the former prime minister calls michael gove a "foam—flecked faragist" and accuses borisjohnson of backing the leave campaign only to "help his career". the sunday telegraph features a story about prime minister's plans to unveil a "tough new approach to criminal justice", which means killers of young children will never be released from prison. the paper reports that boris johnson's administration is also considering increasing minimum tariffs for other types of killings. the observer describes former tory minister sam gyimah‘s defection to the liberal democrats as a "fresh blow" to the prime minister. in an interview with the newspaper,
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mr gyimah says centrist mps have been "cast out" of the conservative party and labour. the sunday express says on its front page "britain has lost faith in mp5". a survey by pollster comres suggests almost eight in ten people believe parliament is in desperate need of reform, while seven in ten say it fails to reflect the nation's views. inside the papers, to draw your attention to the interview with gareth thomas in the daily mirror this morning. his revelation that he is hiv positive comes in a bbc documentary, but he has also done an interview at the sunday mirror, and outlines some of the difficulties he has had coming to terms with his knowledge of the disease. when he
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first found out he says it hit him like an express train, "i thought i was going to die". he found out during a routine health check and was left thinking, how long do i have left? his message has been that there is a huge amount of misunderstanding about the disease, and actually the condition is nowadays very effectively managed with medication. we will hear more from him and his story throughout the programme. inside the sunday mirror, just a tiny little story this, it talks about how — lots of people will know the stories about the things the americans did during the cold war that the cia was involved in, all the different tricks they got up to. what they have here is how the cia got birds to spy during the cold war. pigeons, spy pigeons, ravens, dolphins, dogs and even cats. cats? it has been discovered in newly
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classified caa files from the 60s and seventies. how are cats spying? presumably they have little cameras attached to them. i thought you famously couldn't train cats. they came up with all sorts of different things, trying to get castro's beard to fall out, so people wouldn't think he was as powerful. listening devices inside a cat, there we go. i'm not sure if the cat gave consent! some of you may be going for the avocado on toast for breakfast this morning. posh spice, now victoria beckham, says she has four avocados a day. they are so much trouble to open up and get rid of the skin and
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getting the stone out. nutritionists have said, watch out, they are highly fatty, and this could encourage you to put on weight. but it works for her. if you have given on the country's motorways, wherever you live, you will know that speed cameras are quite prevalent nowadays. £600,000 in fines from every smart motorway camera apparently, according to this story inside the mail on sunday. drivers furious as police take on extra staff to cope with the surge in speeding tickets. i apologise, i have been glancing off looking at a monitor over there, watching pay—per—view boxing. tyson fury is on, and he has won a unanimous decision. it was a tough fight and he got a very bad cut on his eye. i
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thought it was close, but clearly it wasn't as close as idlib anticipated. you will have the full story later. we will switch that monitor of! we won't be distracted, we will be entirely focused on you! i thought your anticipation of your weather for the weekend. it is not too bad. worth looking out for this week. inks will settle down very nicely. some quite typical autumn weather —— things will settle down. wei chih lu tuesday and wednesday but pleasant sunshine in the afternoons —— quite chilly. here we go today, we cut the uk in half with a cold front. basically a band of cloud at the moment is producing rain across northern england. through the day, more rain to come out of that. a pulse running into northern ireland, taps into southern and the central belt of scotland. enter northern england through the
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afternoon. later on, the early evening, perhaps into north wales and the north midlands. it has been and the north midlands. it has been a very windy night across scotland, particularly northern scotland, here winds will come down through the second half of today. look at the difference that weather front makes to the temperatures. to the south, 25-26 to the temperatures. to the south, 25—26 possible. to the north, 14—15, if you are doing well. even as we see more sunshine. through the evening and overnight the weather front cink south. most of the rain fizzles out. to the south of the front... we could get down to just three orfour front... we could get down to just three or four degrees front... we could get down to just three orfour degrees in rural areas in scotland. on monday, the front continues to pull away into the continent. basicallyjust thicker cloud to the south of the uk. what we are doing, for the early part of the new week, behind that weather front, is pulling in some chilly air. gone the warm amber, all of us moving into basically some
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after—ca re moving into basically some after—care for the early part of the new week. there is still plenty of sunshine. after chilly start ‘s things will warm up quite nicely through the afternoons. cloud to the south on monday, patchy rain across northern scotland. for most a fine day with pleasant sunshine and temperatures in the high teens, low 20s. the area of high pressure builds a little more to take us into the early part of tuesday. and, also, just pull that up to get a little further south. a lot of sunshine first thing. definitely a chilly start right the way across the uk on tuesday. gone that mild airfrom the the uk on tuesday. gone that mild air from the start. cloud feeding into the north through the day. top temperatures for tuesday, 12—13 across the north, 20 further south. the outlook for the remainder of the week, we keep hold of the area of high pressure. a lot of dry weather to come, pleasant sunshine. if anything, getting milder later on in the week. we should lose the chilly start and there is more autumn sunshine to come. thank you. more
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autumn sunshine. we can live with that. it is getting cooler. we will have the headlines at 6:30am. time now for the film review with jane hill and mark kermode. hello and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's 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. there's so little publicity! if only they'd let us know somehow.
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here is the thing, i have never seen the tv show and i know you have... i quite like it, yeah, i've seen a lot of it. but the thing is, having 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 for me, not for me. i'm delighted to meet you. i've heard so much about you.
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is there something you want? oh, just to see you're comfortable and to confirm our little chat for later. 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'll have it out once and for all. but now i must go to her majesty. oh, it's brilliant! you laughed all the way through that. i'm just a little worried it is not quite camp enough! apart from that, it is terrific! there was an interview where hugh bonneville said julian fellowes did think, why don't i make this about, give it social realism? about the general strike. no, let's do a royal visit instead. in fact, there is a joke about the general strike. somebody asks maggie smith's character,
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"has the strike affected you?" she says, "well, my maid is a communist and she has been a bit uppity." but beyond that, it is exactly what you would expect. it is odd to think that in the background of all this is gosford park, 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 and throwaway subplot which has a thriller element 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, well, the world is changing. is there still a place for us?
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to which the answer is, absolutely! and if we felt like coming back for another movie, let's do it. but why would you mess with the formula? people who go to see downton abbey, they know what they want. why would you mess with it? yes, and i saw the trailer for it in the cinema, and the frisson of excitement that went through the audience every time maggie smith popped up. it's quite something. may i hazard a guess it was an older audience? possibly a little older than me! even older than me, mark! 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. so, onto 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.
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then we see her looking after her mother, who is very infirm. she is the sole carer for her. there is some discussion about why she never got married, 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. but it is very moving. it is not narrated, the story tells itself. a lot of the time, wejust look at herface. there are some incredibly intimate moments of her and her mother together in their house, and you feel the film—makers have done a brilliantjob of disappearing into the background.
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so, what you are seeing is unmediated reality. i know it isn't, i understand that everything is edited, but it seems really, 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, very impressive. very clever film—making. it is. and again, third one. good variety. it is! hustlers, this comedic drama inspired by a new york magazine article about exotic dancers scamming their stockbroker clients. jennifer lopez, people are talking about her as a possible 0scar nominee. she plays ramona, who is kind of 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?
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casey had him in the champagne room — swears to god he isn't blind. 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, 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
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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... 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, 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 really care about what happens to them. and it is really funny when it needs to be. 0k, intriguing. a good week! and best out is a classic re—release. midnight cowboy is 50 years old, which is a terrifying thought,
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and so it is back on the big screen, it is a bfi reissue. this isjon voight and 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 con man who come together, and it is a strange buddy relationship. and it is so brilliant watching it again, because the reason this film has endured 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 are just absolutely terrific. i am still slightly struggling with some of it,
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but there are things about it i like. ok, i think that long—lens photography is a winner. they look like they are out on the streets. yes, 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. really great action movies at their best are like musicals. it is all to do with choreography. keanu reeves, whatever one may think about him, is a good martial arts actor. i don't say this ironically. he is very, very 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.
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thanks for being with us on the film review. see you next time. bye— bye. hello, this is breakfast with rogerjohnson and rachel burden. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news:
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the former conservative minister sam gyimah hasjoined the liberal democrats. he's one of six mps who have defected to the party in recent weeks. mr gyimah was among the 21 tories who had the conservative whip removed after rebelling against borisjohnson in a bid to prevent a no—deal brexit earlier this month. david cameron has accused the prime minister of only backing brexit to further his career, in the latest released extracts from his memoirs. the former prime minister also criticises michael gove, who he describes as "disloyal". mr cameron says that during the referendum campaign, both mrjohnson and mr gove behaved appallingly. welsh rugby legend gareth thomas has revealed he is living with hiv. he says he wants to break the stigma surrounding the condition and has talked about the shame and fear of keeping it a secret. mr thomas has been speaking for the first time about his diagnosis for a bbc documentary called gareth thomas: hiv and me. the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, has blamed iran for the drone strikes that set fire to two
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major oil facilities in saudi arabia. houthi rebels in yemen said they carried out the attacks, but mr pompeo said there was no evidence they came from there. the saudi energy minister said half of the country's oil production had been temporarily stopped. a charity rescue ship has arrived at the italian island of lampedusa after the country agreed to let it drop off 82 migrants picked up at sea. it's the first time the italian government has allowed a migrant rescue vessel to dock for several months. most of those onboard will be taken to other european countries with 2a of the migrants expected to remain in italy. a new storm has brought heavy rain to the bahamas almost two weeks after hurricane dorian claimed at least 50 lives and devastated the islands. tropical storm humberto is slowly moving north and is expected to become a hurricane either tonight or tomorrow morning. emergency services say 1,300 people remain missing across the bahamas.
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let's catch up with the sport. we we re let's catch up with the sport. we were a little distracted earlier, glancing at the monitors to watch tyson fury. he suffered a really deep cut. just in the last few minutes he has won a unanimous points decision, and this photo is not the one that shows what he looks like at the end of the race. he then got another cut on his eyelid, which came later. despite this extraordinary cut, which was quite ugly to look at, he did survive, and his boxing abilities came through. he beat 0tto wallin on that unanimous points decision. came through. he beat 0tto wallin on that unanimous points decisionlj suppose that unanimous points decision.” suppose that is an achilles heel for
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him now? yes, in future fights they will concentrate on that. they were just dollops of battling to try and stem the blood flow. to his credit, both the training squad, who sorted it out for him, and he managed to get through. five points is the biggest advantage any side has had after the first five games of a premier league season. that's what liverpool now have over reigning champions manchester city and, given how tight the title race was last season, could city's defeat at norwich prove pivotal? nick parrott rounds up the action at the top of the table. last year the premier league was 16 games old before manchester city lost, and that was a to chelsea. so why have they faulted so soon against promoted norwich, who were expected to struggle? in the boxes they were better. we were not so productive in front. norwich were
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clinical. they only had three effo rts clinical. they only had three efforts on target, but all of them went in. norwich city have believed! the second from todd cantwell came from a fast and flowing counter—attack that city would have been proud of. when norwich lost concentration at the back, sergio aguero took advantage, that was nothing compared to the misunderstanding between stones and otto misunderstanding between stones and 0tto mendy. they have only been paired at the back six times in the last 20 months. they will have to work out a better rapport. liverpool went behind early at home to newcastle, but unlike the champions they roared back to when, maintaining their 100% record and the remaining at the top. you need them, other teams who started the
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season well are now faltering. leicester city dropped out of the top four after marcus rashford ended their unbeaten run. so did crystal palace, who conceded four. the musical chairs could continue today with arsenal and everton hopeful. there was also a shock in the championship as leaders swansea lost for the first time this season, beaten 1—0 at home by nottingham forest. west bromwich albion are still unbeaten, thanks to a 1—1 draw at fulham, semi ajayi with the equaliser. scottish premiership leaders celtic had a slender win at hamilton academical to maintain their 100% start to the league season. james forrest scored the only goal of the game in the first five minutes. wins too for rangers in second, motherwell, kilmarnock and ross county. joe denly‘s last 48 hours have been pretty memorable. he's welcomed a new baby daughter, and then made 94 to put england in a strong position heading into day 4 of the final ashes test. the home side have a lead of 382 over australia asjoe wilson reports from the oval.
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attention swarms around the ashes, it can get lost between the hope and the hype. but sometimes it all falls into place. what a week forjoe denly. he batted safe in the knowledge that his new bore daughter had been safely delivered, and what is more important than that? suddenly, this was the newjoe denly, his aggressive approach shockingly australian. standby for another surprise — ben stokes dropped, and by steve smith. nobody sees ball better than smith normally. england were on top and even the weather was helping. a test match in mid—september? yes, do you spot a cloud on the london horizon? ben stokes 250 with this shot. some
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in the crowd celebrated like children, others in the crowd were actual children. i don't think that isjoe actual children. i don't think that is joe denly‘s. he actual children. i don't think that isjoe denly‘s. he was 94, but out. his best score, but still the disappointment. england would love to have seen him get 100. it is the match that matters. england's lead stretched into the 300s. steve smith is still playing, and he doesn't make many mistakes. saturday evening catching? he will have one last go at batting. it's been frustrating at times the series to get started and not be able to capitalise. it felt pretty good today. a very good bowling attack we're coming against each game, would you expect a test level, but i think this australian attack is certainly up there, and they make
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you work hard for every single run. it's all set up for an exciting final day at the solheim cup — with europe and the usa tied on 8—8 heading in to the 12 singles matches at gleneagles. europe maintained their one—point lead in the morning, with the foursomes shared. but the americans won two of the afternoon's fourballs and halved another, to draw level. the singles start at 11:00 this morning. alice tai's incredible run of gold medals at the world para swimming championships in london was brought to an end by her fellow—briton brock whiston. tai had won six races in a row but she was beaten into fourth place in the 200—metre individual medley, with whiston setting a new world record at her first major event. primoz roglic will, baring accident or misfortune, win cycling's final grand tour of the year, the vuelta a espana. the slovenian finished fifth in yesterday's penultimate stage, which was enough to secure
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the leader's red jersey ahead of spain's alejandro valverde. as tradition dictates, roglic won't be challenged on today's final stage which ends in madrid. and mathieu van der pol won the tour of britain, winning his third stage of the race on the final day in manchester. 11—year—old sky brown has won a bronze medal at the park world skateboarding championships in brazil. it's her best finish of the year and comes at an event that counts towards qualification for tokyo 2020. brown is aiming to become britain's youngest summer 0lympian at next year's games. a former guest on bbc breakfast, and displaying the skills she hopes to displaying the skills she hopes to display in tokyo. they have a number of events that count as qualification, so she continues this she may well be at tokyo. she is
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remarkably precocious, real talent. i think you have to be to be 11 and that talented. brilliant fun, a lot of fun to talk to. it's been another turbulent week for the prime minister, with the suspension of parliament on monday and the publication of david cameron's memoirs this weekend. borisjohnson is due to meet european commission president jean—claude juncker in luxembourg this week. how likely is he to make progress in trying to reach a brexit deal? let's chat to jill rutter from the institute for government. she's in our london newsroom. thanks for getting up bright and early to speak to us this morning. we are very grateful to you. is borisjohnson we are very grateful to you. is boris johnson likely to make we are very grateful to you. is borisjohnson likely to make any progress? i don't think we are going to see a deal unveiled, that will be highly unlikely, because i think evenif highly unlikely, because i think even if he is near to some sort of
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deal that exposing at this early would give people a lot of time to pick it apart. i wouldn't expect that. what we will be looking for is how does it sound? do they sound as though they are getting on and having productive discussions, or is it one of those occasions where we go and then we have a fairly icy stand—off when jean—claude juncker and the others speak to the press. michel barnier has ticked the uk for the lack of decisiveness in the past. i think we will be getting some sort of signalling of other discussions going on, rather than actually, we have solved this. discussions going on, rather than actually, we have solved thism sounds like borisjohnson's negotiator has been back and forth to brussels quite a lot lately, that if there is going to be a new deal, and boris johnson says if there is going to be a new deal, and borisjohnson says he would like to sort out, time is running out, isn't it? we have the four weeks
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till parliament comes back. the key date is that european council, the 17th and 18th of october, so i think if there is progress you would expect it to happen in the window between the end of the conservative party conference, when the pm will wa nt to party conference, when the pm will want to have, not necessarily be defending his deal but will have troops there, and the european council. so i think that weekend thatis council. so i think that weekend that is when we will see something come out. if the pm is to meet his 3ist come out. if the pm is to meet his 31st of october deadline, he not only needs agreement with europe but he also needs to get this thing ratified by the european parliament, and also by mps in that very short window after parliament comes back. some rumours are swirling around in the week that mps were feeling
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optimistic because of the hardline stance. is that true that there might be some ground to be given on their side? may be, and the thing europe has been sang pretty consistently is that any movement requires pretty watertight assurances from the pm that this time, parliament will actually endorse what happens, so looking at the parliamentary arithmetic, any pretence of a majority has been lost by the rebels, so they will be saying do we actually have the numbers for any deal that we make? he seems not to be bad at this kind of diplomacy, quite positive conversations coming in the run—up
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to the biarritz summit, he saw leo virat kohli last week, and he is off to see jean—claude juncker, so virat kohli last week, and he is off to seejean—claudejuncker, so maybe there are some interesting things to say. europe would probably like a deal, it is much betterfor europe to have a deal than no deal, even if the effect on the uk will be more severe than the rest of europe, but ireland definitely want to deal, because no deal is very bad for them. mps taking control of the parliament and saying that they could come back and ask for another extension, but many are thinking it might bea extension, but many are thinking it might be a relief to both sides if we could get this thing done by the 3ist we could get this thing done by the 31st of october. thank you very much your time. some
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of us have been enjoying a final fling with the weather this weekend. is it going to continue? we are moving into a very settled speu we are moving into a very settled spell of weather for the week ahead. what might come as a shock are some quite chilly start. it is quite typical when we move into autumn as high pressure builds and we have light winds and clear skies. all of that heat gathered during the radiates away by night. this is the high that will be building in the next few days. today, though, we have a weather front that is basically cutting the country in half. a cold weather front, to the north chilly air. not doing much in the south. at the moment i think we will see a reinvigoration of the front in the coming hours with some rain pushing as far north as the central belt of scotland. some rain for northern england, too. it has been windy overnight across scotland, particularly to the final. the wind will start to ease. it should become much lighter by the afternoon. the real difference that
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cold front makes is to the temperatures still to the south, a final fling of summer. temperatures still to the south, a finalfling of summer. 25 temperatures still to the south, a final fling of summer. 25 or 26 possible in the sport today. to the north, perhaps 15—16 at best ——to the south. the front continued to push south through the small hours of monday. most of the rain fizzling out. we'll be left with cloud. a mild enough note. lows of 15 or 16. clear skies across scotland. —— night. in builds the high for the early pa rt night. in builds the high for the early part of the new week. we have a talent of the front to the south. that'll keep in place —— taele end of. as doubles away and goes off into the continent, through monday and tuesday, we move into the cold airfrom the north. that and tuesday, we move into the cold air from the north. that crisp autumn feeling really developing for the coming days. 21—22. up to four or five degrees down on today. a lot
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of settled weather to come through the early part of the new week. here isa the early part of the new week. here is a closer look at your monday. fine weather around. cloud to the south, the remnants of that front, may give rain from time to time. some showers into northern scotland. plenty of autumn sunshine. temperatures across the southern half of the uk are considerably down on today. under north, perhaps, 11-13 on today. under north, perhaps, 11—13 across northern scotland ——in the north. feeling a little bit cooler. thank you very much. we will be wary of the early morning cooler temperatures. headlines are at seven o'clock. time now for this week's click, which does contain some flashing images.
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for the last four months, protesters have in 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, 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.
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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 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
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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. 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.
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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. 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.
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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. 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
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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 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
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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 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
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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
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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 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
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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, 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
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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. 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
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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. good morning, welcome to breakfast with rachel burden and rogerjohnson. 0ur headlines today: former conservative minister sam gyimah defects to the liberal democrats, after being expelled from his party for rebelling against the prime minister over brexit becomes the sixth mp to defect to the liberal democrats over brexit. david cameron accuses
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