tv Breakfast BBC News September 28, 2019 6:00am-7:01am BST
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good morning. welcome to breakfast withjon kay and nina warhurst. our headlines today: a "political put—up job" — anger in downing street as borisjohnson is referred to the police watchdog over allegations he gave favourable treatment to an american businesswoman when he was mayor of london. the labour leaderjeremy corby pledges to scrap the universal —— the labour leaderjeremy corbyn pledges to scrap the universal the heat dominates at the world athletics championships. kenya's ruth chepngetich wins the women's marathon, but nearly half the field pull out. good morning, very unsettled weekend
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ahead and while there is some sunshine the forecast there is also heavy rain and strong winds. all of the details in the next half—an—hour. it's saturday the 28th of september. our top story: downing street has reacted angrily after boris johnson was referred to the police watchdog over his friendship with an american businesswoman. the independent office for police conduct will look at whether a criminal investigation should be launched into allegations thatjennifer arcuri was given favourable treatment, including financial grants when mrjohnson was mayor of london. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. come to london, build your business is here, the mayor of london supports you... jennifer arcuri received £11,500 sponsorship for events received £11,500 sponsorship for eve nts ru n received £11,500 sponsorship for events run by her company from organisations linked to boris johnson's office, while he was mayor of london. he then went on three
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overseas trade missions with boris johnson, all of which he had originally been turned down for. the bbc has spoken to several people who we re bbc has spoken to several people who were on those trips, they said she seemed out of place as her companies we re seemed out of place as her companies were less substantial than those of other participants. borisjohnson‘s office intervened to make sure she got on one of the trips to tel aviv that she paid her own way. got on one of the trips to tel aviv that she paid her own wayli got on one of the trips to tel aviv that she paid her own way. i like it! it's brilliant! the allegations we re it! it's brilliant! the allegations were originally made in the sunday times and have been looked at by the greater london authority monitoring office that this week. she has now decided to ask the police watchdog independent 0ffice decided to ask the police watchdog independent office for police conduct to assess whether boris johnson should be investigated for the criminal offence of misconduct in public office. the 1/0 pcr involved because as mayor of london borisjohnson was also in charge of london's metropolitan police. the prime minister has vigorously denied the allegations. a senior government sources said the referral to the eye opc sources said the referral to the eye
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0pc was a nakedly "political put—up job". daniel sandford, bbc news. the scottish first minister nicola sturgeon has said the snp could back jeremy corbyn as an interim prime minister to prevent boris johnson from taking the uk out of the eu without a deal. she called for a vote of no confidence in the current government, followed by a caretaker administration. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley is in our london newsroom. nick, how likely is this to happen? at the moment, it is not that likely because the other opposition parties are not on—board. you would have to have all of the opposition parties, labour, the lib dems, the and others, plus some of those tory mps who were kicked out of the party for voting against boris johnson, who were kicked out of the party for voting against borisjohnson, they will all have to backjeremy corbyn in one way or another as temporary prime minister to make this plan happen. but the snp are getting increasingly nervous about what is
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going to happen over the next few weeks. they do not necessarily think that the law they passed to try to stop a no—deal brexit is watertight so stop a no—deal brexit is watertight so they are discussing other options and are coming around to the idea that the best way to stop a no—deal is to put an emergency prime minister in, it them to go to brussels and extend the brexit process. they think it falls to jeremy corbyn in the first place but they are open to other ideas and those other ideas i think will be crucial over the next few days because, as i say at the moment, they do not have the numbers to make jeremy corbyn prime minister.m will be interesting to see how it plays out and also the conservative party conference in manchester coming up. can we expect anything new in terms of policy, away from the downing street drama?” new in terms of policy, away from the downing street drama? i think we can because the tories are desperate to avoid talking about the b word so we're going to hear a lot about the conservatives over the next few days
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about other policies and we have heard some of them this morning, the conference starts tomorrow, about things like green to try to bring down emissions in the uk. we are hearing about plans for animal welfare, things like micro— chipping of cats and banning primates as pet and british households. 0r part of the conservative thing we have more to offer the country than brexit and getting ready for a general election. here are all of our ideas. but spoiler alert, i think brexit is going to dominate because it is one month until the uk is due to leave the eu and borisjohnson has been absolutely clear that is what he intends to do and the conservatives are desperate to get a new brexit deal. so we will heal —— hear a lot about that in the pm's big speech which is due to happen on wednesday although it may move because of various things happening in parliament. absolutely, thank you nick. we will check in with you later. labour is promising to scrap
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the controversial benefits system universal credit if it wins the next general election. party leaderjeremy corbyn will say today that welfare reforms introduced under the conservatives were "inhumane and cruel". andy moore reports. jeremy corbyn enjoying a kick about with the hawks heroes, a scheme in brighton aiming to improve the physical and mental well—being of men over 30. this morning, the well—being of everyone on universal credit will be at the top of his agenda. he will say the government scheme is behind schedule and over budget as well as being inhumane and cruel. we are going to be scrapping universal credit and we're going to be replacing it with a social security system that has respect at its heart and tackle poverty because everywhere universal credit has been rolled out we have seen serious problems, people going into debt, people going into rent arrears and people going into rent arrears and people facing eviction as a result of it and we think the system really is too flawed and it has to be scrapped. more than 1.5 million people receive universal credit, it is designed to combine several old
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benefits into one means tested payment. labour has not announced details of an alternative scheme but it has immediate reforms including ending the five week waiting period, scrapping the two child limit, and dropping the benefit. difficulties involving rolling out universal credit were acknowledged by the former work and pensions secretary early this year. i know that there are problems with universal credit, despite its good intentions. i have seen despite its good intentions. i have seen them for myself. i will be listening and learning on the expert groups in this area who do such good work. i know it can be better. but the government says jeremy corbyn's plans to scrap universal credit entirely are totally irresponsible and reckless political point scoring. some charities have welcomed the labour plan and others are worried about get more upheaval forfamilies on are worried about get more upheaval for families on benefits. andy moore, bbc news. the us secretary of state mike
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pompeo has been ordered by democrats to turn over documents relating to the trump administration's dealings with ukraine. they want to impeach president trump over allegations that he put pressure on his ukrainian counterpart to investigate joe biden, mr trump's likely opponent in next year's presidential election. with more, here's our north america correspondent david willis. the democrats in the us house of representatives have issued their first subpoenae in the impeachment investigation into president trump. it was issued to the us secretary of state mike pompeo and he has been called upon to come up with any documentation regarding a telephone conversation injuly of this year between president trump and his opposite number in ukraine, mr zelensky. but controversial telephone conversation appear to involve president trump putting pressure on his opposite number to
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come up with compromising information about mr trump's democratic rivaljoe biden. now, at the time of the call, the white house was sitting on some $400 million in aid money that was earmarked to be paid to ukraine but had not been so as well as that, they are calling on five members of they are calling on five members of the state department staff, senior people, to testify before them. one of prim —— one of whom promptly resigned onto the news, that was could falter, the us special envoy to the uk and he was criticised in a whistleblower report that was released this week for brokering meetings between donald trump's personal attorney rudy giuliani and members of the ukrainian government —— kurt volker. the trump administration now has a choice, either co—operate with these democratic demands or refuse to do so democratic demands or refuse to do so and potentially find themselves
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the subject of an article of impeachment relating to obstruction of congress. the broadcasting regulator 0fcom is to investigate the bbc‘s decision to censure breakfast‘s naga munchetty for her on—air response to a tweet by president trump. she was speaking on this programme after mr trump called for four non—white congresswomen to "go back to their countries," describing her own experiences of receiving similar remarks, and speculating over his possible motives. the bbc upheld part of a viewer's complaint that the speculation breached impartiality guidelines. u nfortu nately towards unfortunately towards the end of the discussion she did sort of venture into speculating about what president trump's motives might have beenin president trump's motives might have been in making the comments that he made. there is no doubt that the comment he made is racist. to say to anybody from a minority ethnic community, from an immigrant community, from an immigrant community that they should go back to where they came from is just ignorant prejudice and his racism
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and she was right to identify it as such. so there is no doubt the comment was racist what she then went on to speculate about, together with dan walker later in the conversation, was what was motivating that. was it being done to attract attention offer other reason? —— or for some other. and you can watch the full interview with david jordan on newswatch here on bbc one at 7:45 this morning. protesters in hong kong will hold a rally later this morning to mark the fifth anniversary of the start of the so—called umbrella protests. the original series of pro—democracy demonstrations took place in 2014, with protestors carrying umbrellas to protect themselves from police pepper spray. the movement has returned this year with campaigners expected to gather outside hong kong airport to disrupt traffic later today. prince harry has said that visiting the most famous site of his late mother's anti—landmine campaigning was an "emotional" experience. he was speaking after walking through a partially cleared landmine field in angola — just as diana, princess of wales, did in 1997,
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shortly before her death. the prince also visited the exact site of where diana walked — which is now a busy, built—up community. totally different, isn't it? it must have been incredibly emotional. and to do it in front of the cameras... and the matching of those pictures all of these years on, 22 years later. it is 12 minutes past six and you are watching bbc breakfast. what a week in politics. the house of commons has a long and well—deserved reputation as a place of gladiatorial debate, but this week many people have complained that the language used by mps went too far. mps on all sides. and some may incite violence. more than 100 bishops signed an open letter,
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calling on politicians on all sides to show more respect. so where should politicians draw the line? jayne mccubbin has been speaking with one mp, urging others to think about their words. thank you, mr speaker, the attorney—general speaks of moral and constitutional courage. i have panic alarms. i have fireproof letterbox. i have been threatened with rape. i have been told i should be exterminated. beheaded. six people have been cautioned for abuse that they have given me. one man has been sentenced to 18 weeks improvement. i have been called a traitor and told that i should leave the country yet i voted three times for the deal to leave. . two words have consequences? this mp believes the increasing heat in parliament has led to increasing pressure on mp5. this is the panic alarm she has been given which will bring armed police to her within minutes. and this is all linked with irresponsible,
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reckless behaviour and language. you cannot control... i do not think it is acceptable for remainders or do not think it is acceptable for brexiteers but it is certainly not a cce pta ble brexiteers but it is certainly not acceptable from the prime minister. language was at the heart of this social media threat from the daughter of mp yvette cooper which, this week, went viral. i read that tweet and i was so touched by it. because i have a daughter who is not much younger than she is. are these conversations you have at home, about are you safe, mum? do these conversations happen? so obviously, my daughter has had to have advice to her safety. her from? the parliamentary police. really? she has coming to westminster to have advice. and my husband... my husband as well. i try to shield them from
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what i receive, because i don't want them to worry. on the constituency office wall, innocent images of westminster from schoolchildren, a far cry from the bed that westminster has become as it gets closer to exit d—day. there are plenty of people who seem to be saying that this is just heated language and get on with it and get over it. and mp was taken out of her home at gunpoint by antiterrorism police, her whole family were moved because of a threat, a plot, to behead her and another member of the public. the threat is out there. it is real. another mp, jo cox, was murdered. and it is real. goodness me. i was in the house of commons this week and i cannot see a way back from it, i thought. this week and i cannot see a way back from it, ithought. how this week and i cannot see a way back from it, i thought. how it will come down. does this change our
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politics for ever or does this become the norm now? you use to see pictures of other parliaments around the world, didn't you, shutting and heckling and scrapping sometimes and we thought at least it is not that bad here! and some of the stuff we have seen this week has been pretty shocking. we love to hear what you think, as we reflect on this week of politics. we check in with alina with the weather. what we expect for september? good morning. we have unsettled weekend ahead. there is sunshine in the forecast and some could stay mainly dry, there is heavy rain around and some gales. we could see travel disruption in places. looking at the bigger picture, what is happening now, the early satellite picture. this mass of cloud approaching from the atlantic we are keeping a close eye on it. it will deliver wet and windy weather across england and wales through this evening and overnight. ahead of it
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we have low pressure driving further showers across parts of scotland, northern england, and northern ireland. still some persistent rain across eastern scotland for a time and across northern england. and further south we have a mixture of bright and sunny spells through the morning and also some showers. that remediated state to clear from the far east of scotland. behind it some sunshine once the fog efforts. we are likely to see further showers feeding in cross the midlands and northern wales. scattered and more persistent rain into south—west england this afternoon. a breezy if not windy day, but the winds will be strengthening all the while. temperature wise, mid to high teens for many. maybe 24 east anglia and south—east england. 12 or 13 for the far north of scotland. here is this evening, heavy rain pushing and across south—west england wales, onto already saturated ground. we have warnings from the met office stopper transfers north and east was across much of england and wales. also some strong winds, this
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youngest of which will be across wales and central and southern england. widely 30—40 mph, maybe 50 mph per time quite a mild night for most of us overnight. through tomorrow the rain tends to ease of north and eastwards. elsewhere it is a day of sunny spells showers. not so a day of sunny spells showers. not so much across scotland, northern ireland and the far north of england. it will be a cooler billing day tomorrow. we're at temperatures generally 15—19 celsius —— feeling day. here is the area of low pressure through tomorrow afternoon and into the evening. notice the squeeze on the high suppose. 0nce again we can see some stronger gust as they pushed their way across the south coast of england and into east anglia stop again, 30—40 mph, locally 54 some southern coast. as we start the new week, in between weather systems, not for long though, an area of low pressure approaching the south—west. we may start the new week with some sunshine, it will be turning wetter and windier. a respite through
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wednesday thursday, things drier and feeling a bit cooler. back to you. it does not look like it will get much better. all the people coming to manchester for the conservative party, they need to bring there is. everyone is asking if you have seen the forecast. you do need an umbrella. it is 19 minutes past. let us umbrella. it is 19 minutes past. let us go to the movies. it's time now for the film review, with mark kermode and ben brown. hello there. welcome to the film review here on bbc news. taking us through this week's releases we have got mark kermode. we have actually got some quite interesting movies. a very interesting week, we have ready or not which is a highly regarded comedy horror. we have the goldfinch, an adaptation of a much loved book.
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and skin, jamie bell as a tattooed white supremacist. ready or not, i saw, i haven't seen the film but i have seen the trailer, and i feel like i've seen the film! here is the thing, a fairly straightforward set up, so samara weaving is this bride who is going to marry alex who is from a very, very posh family, a dynasty, or as he calls it, a dominion. they are called the le domas clan. she gets in there, she discovers that they are all strange and weird and creepy, but andie macdowell says it is fine, they will all be fine. and then her husband says, "now, there is one thing, a family tradition. at 12 o'clock, we have to play a game. you have to choose a game, and it will all be fine, it is just a family tradition. but we have to do it." at 12 o'clock, she chooses the game, she chooses hide and seek, and then she discovers that when the family play hide and seek, they play to keep. here is a clip. ijust came to get a drink.
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i have to call the others. no, you don't. no, you can help me. please. this doesn't end well for you. ijust don't want to be the one to serve you up. daniel, i'm begging you. i'm really sorry about all this. it is true what they say — that the rich really are different. i'll give you a ten—second head start. daniel... and it is described as a horror comedy, or a comedy horror? is it scary and is it funny? yes. and the best thing about it is, i mean, you laughed after that line when he says that the rich really are different,
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and that is a theme that has run through a lot of kind of satirical horror. there is a film directed by brian yuzna called society which starts off like a kind of preppy satire, and then turns into this really grungy, strange, mind—bending, almost alien thing. in the case of this, it has got a very good setup, she goes to the family, they are weird, they play this game, it turns out to be deadly. so there is a little bit of the purge about it. but, tonally, the film it it's close to is the original evil dead. which are for a long time was thought of as a video nasty, but is actually a comedy film. sam raimi himself said it's a three stooges movie which just happens to have blood and guts instead of custard pies. and in the case of this, what i really liked about it as it cracks along at a pace. quite often a comedy horror has a good setup, and then it will flag in the second or third act. when you get to the end, you think it is running its course. this actually accelerates in pace, and in the final act, in the cinema that i was in, i heard as much laughing and as much grimacing, that kind of response, as i have heard in any decent
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comedy horror recently. i thought it was really well done, it is really good fun, it doesn't outstay its welcome, there is not an inch of fat on it, and if you like comedy and you like horror, you will like this. there was one line where somebody says, "0h, geez, you shot the maid!" and that shouldn't be funny, but it kind of is. it is, it is a ghoulish black comedy. but it's played very well. all right. the goldfinch, which is a very chunky book by donna tartt. you have read the book, right? yeah. did you like the book? i did, i didn't love it, but the secret history, which she also did, was amazing. i thought it was good. but apparently the film is too loyal to the book. well, i don't know, because the weird thing is, i haven't read the book. when i was watching the film, which is a story about a young man who has a terrible tragedy in his past which he blames himself for, he is obsessed with the loss of his mother and also with the titular painting. i'm sure the book is about many, many things. the film it just felt like on the one hand everything was very rushed, on the other hand, everything was really slow. and ijust wanted it to stop and to finish, because it felt like 2.5 hours of thinking, "i am trying to condense something
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which is actually quite weighty and profound into a movie which cannot bear the weight of it." this is the worst thing about it, and no—one has said this about the book. it is actually quite boring as a film. which, considering the amount of intrigue and interweaving plot, the paintings here, the paintings there, this person is this, double—crossing, and grief and love and all of that sort of stuff. also some great performers, ansel elgort, who i like very much, written by peter straughan who co—wrote tinker, tailor, directed by the guy who gave us brooklyn. i mean, it has a great pedigree. and yet you watch it... nicole kidman, and you ask why none of this is working. i think there are one of two answers — either that it is genuinely an unfilmable book, and i don't know because i haven't read it, or more likely, it's just not a very good film. and i think the honest truth of it is it is just not a very good film. well, when you said you couldn't wait for it to finish, i think we got the hint. that's always a giveaway. always a giveaway! right, then we have skin, which is jamie bell, who we last saw in rocket man.
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the unbelievably versatile jamie bell. you see him in three or four movies with completely different roles. this is based on the real—life story of a tattooed white supremacist who was the subject of a documentary in 2011 called erasing hate, and the title refers to the tattoos, the racist insignia that he has all over his face and his body. so jamie bell is the central character, he has been brought up as part of a neo—nazi family led by this very creepy mother and father. but when he decides that he wanted to go his own way, he wants to break out and wants to form his own family, they at first they accuse him of betrayal, and secondly follow him. here is a clip. you're still breathing because i own you. and every inch of ink on you. the only way anyone else gets access
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to your trophies is if i ex them out myself. so who is it? feds? jenkins? splc? what did you give them, son? so the interesting thing about it is that you see the film, the perspective of that central character, who is a white supremacist with all of these tattoos all over his face. and it reminded me to some extent, there is a film called romper stomper, an antipodean movie from the 90s that actually made a star of russell crowe. which also saw the film from the perspective of a racist skinhead. and the central message of the film is that nobody is beyond redemption. it is about the idea that people full into that kind of hatred because something within them is broken. so at the very beginning of the film, you see him involved in hideous activities.
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and then at the film itself still retains a sort of sympathetic edge towards the idea that actually, there is a reason why he has fallen into all of this stuff. i mean, jamie bell is brilliant, and very few performers, ithink, could have carried off the part. it is a risky role to play it, and i think he does it very well. the film is also made with a great deal of sincerity, and a great deal of conviction. and it is tough viewing sometimes. there is a very interesting musical score and a very interesting soundtrack. but what i liked about it was it isn't a film which sees things in a simple yes—no terms. it is absolutely about the idea that you have to look beneath the skin to see the causes of this kind of thing. and actually, i think the drama played out rather well. it is well done. it's not scared to be confrontational, and it doesn't shy away from showing just how vicious the stuff that he has been involved in is. do you empathise with him at the end? i think by the end of the film, what you understand if the central message of the film that people fall into these kind of extremist views because of something
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that is broken in them. and it's about understanding that, that this doesn't happen, that they are preyed upon by people preying upon the weak and the broken and people who have problems that actually can be dealt with. 0k. best out? well, i really like the farewell. this is a drama from lulu wang, with a great performance by awkwafi na. she discovers that her grandmother is terminally ill, but nobody will tell the grandmother. and so there is this family gathering in which everybody knows the grandmother is terminally ill except the grandmother. and it is beautifully sort of bittersweet, it's very tender, it's very funny. despite the fact that it is often very sad, it has a great musical score. a terrific performance. and i went in really not knowing much about it at all. and you know there is a particular joy when you see a film that completely catches you off—guard. you only see the title and a couple of things. i mean, i hadn't seen the poster, which has got all of these kind of fantastic... the best way to see a movie!
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it really is. there is a realjoy in seeing something, in a way, i have, be spoiled that already believe me, if you want something different, something that has got a real heart and soul and will make you laugh and cry, and when you come out you will ring or hug your family, that is the farewell. and best dvd? so dvd and blu—ray, the shining extended cut. you know that stanley kubrick sort of famously fiddled around with a lot of his films. there is a longer version of the shining which hadn't been released theatrically before in the uk until i think four orfive months ago. it's now available on dvd and blu—ray. i think everybody knows a version of the shining. and i am not entirely sure that the extended version is better than the original. how much extended is it? it is not hugely. there are some key... and the way that people always refer to it is you know you are watching the extended cut because there are a bunch of skeletons sitting in armchairs. and it is possible to watch the extended cut and think, i'm not entirely sure... there were additional scenes put in which were taken out by stanley kubrick. but i think the shining itself still holds up. everybody talks about jack nicholson, shelley duvall
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is the real genius in that film. because her performance is so raw and so ragged, if you look at what any of the on set making of footage, that performance was really tough for her. i mean, she had a very tough time on set. and she is brilliant. jack nicholson, yes, but shelley duvall is the hero of that film. yeah, it is a classic. which i love. but i'm not sure i want to see it again! mark, thank you very much. go see ready or not. it has got more laughs. i will, definitely. i fancy that. ok, that is it for this week. thank you so much for watching. hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and nina warhurst. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. downing street has reacted angrily after borisjohnson was referred to the police watchdog over his friendship with an american businesswoman.
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the independent 0ffice for police conduct will look at whether a criminal investigation should be launched into allegations thatjennifer arcuri was given favourable treatment, including financial grants, when mrjohnson was mayor of london. the prime minister denies any wrongdoing. labour will promise to scrap the welfare system of universal credit if the party wins the next general election. the party leaderjeremy corbyn will today condemn the system as an "unmitigated disaster" which is "inhumane and cruel". the government says the proposal is irresponsible. the brexit party leader nigel farage has warned the prime minister not to return from brussels with theresa may's "re—heated deal". mrs may's deal was rejected three times by mps. speaking at a brexit conference in london, mr farage said the tories will "lose votes" to his party if voters believe that the same deal is being offered.
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i will tell you this, mrjohnson, mr cummings, if you think, if you think, and if you do get this through, that you can sell this as brexit, you are in for a big surprise, the british people won't swallow it and they realise nothing has changed, they will not put up with it and you will lose votes to us with it and you will lose votes to us in absolutely huge numbers. he did that morning, please! —— heed that warning. the broadcasting regulator 0fcom is to investigate the way the bbc has handled a complaint about breakfast‘s naga munchetty. she was speaking on this programme after president trump called for four non—white congresswomen to "go back to their countries". the bbc said naga was entitled to comment about her own experience of racism but she should not have speculated about the president's motives as that breached impartiality. the bbc‘s david jordan explained the decision. unfortunately towards the end of the discussion, she did sort of venture into speculating about what president trump's motives might have been in making
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the comments that he made. there's no doubt that the comment he made is racist. to say to anybody from a minority ethnic community, from an immigrant community that they should go back to where they came from is just ignorant prejudice and is racism, and she was right to identify it as such. so there's no doubt that the comment was racist. but what she then went on to speculate about, together with dan walker later in the conversation, was what was motivating that? was it being done ior — to attract attention or for some other reason? and you can watch the full interview with david jordan on newswatch here on bbc one at 7:45 this morning. protesters in hong kong will hold a rally later this morning to mark the fifth anniversary of the start of the so—called umbrella protests. the original series of pro—democracy demonstrations took place in 2014 with protestors carrying umbrellas to protect themselves from police pepper spray. the movement has returned this year, with campaigners expected to gather outside hong kong airport to disrupt
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traffic later today. prince harry has said that visiting the most famous site of his late mother's anti—landmine campaigning was an "emotional" experience. he was speaking after walking through a partially cleared landmine field in angola, just as diana princess of wales did in 1997, shortly before her death. the prince also visited the exact site of where diana walked, which is now a busy, built—up community. amazingly brave, isn't it? an amazing transition as well, then and now. and amazing how him and his brother talk about their emotions openly. it is a fantastic shift. we'll go to angola in south africa a little later to hear what the duke and duchess's and archie! baby archie is there too! we will see
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what they have been up to in their trip to southern africa but holly is here. good morning. we felt the weather was a little bit cold heading in, the temperatures are dropping and i can tell you, no such problems over in doha! they said it would be an issue, the temperatures we re would be an issue, the temperatures were going to be about 40 degrees. bit ofan were going to be about 40 degrees. bit of an issue! a slight problem, 40 degrees. you do not want to run a marathon when you are running in 40 degrees. they changed the marathon until midnight to make it more co mforta ble. until midnight to make it more comfortable. it was 35 degrees. 0h, that's fine to run a marathon at at midnight! it caused some problems. about one third of the competitors dropped out. a lot of them must be jetlagged because they have come thousands of... these are highly tuned athletes. the amount of training they do, even to deal with this type of weather, and even then, they could not cope. it would be
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disorientating at that time of night. you can understand why it would cause problems. 32— 33 celsius and the humidity over 70%. so 28 of the 68 starters withdrew in the gruelling conditions, britain's charlotte purdue among them. 0rganisers decided to go ahead with the race, where kenya's ruth chepngetich went on to win in just over two hours. it wasn't just the marathon that was affected. this isjonathan busby of aruba. he was competing in the men's 5,000 metre heats and he was in serious trouble. helping him across the line was braima dabo of guinea—bissau. busby was ok in the end — he even had time to stop his watch! wow! brittle, isn't it? a lovely bit of sportsmanship though. that is what it is all about, isn't it? ——
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brutal. so, with the heat dominating, it was a day of mixed fortunes for the brits. let's wrap up the rest of the day's action. austin halewood was watching. a new frontierfor a new frontier for athletics new generation. the first world championships to be held on the arabian peninsula and for the 2000 athletes competing, this meat could be all about the heat. while's first fully air—conditioned truck burst into life yesterday and, for some, it was all over too quickly. lindsley sharper been one of britain's medal hopes in the 800 metres, a former european champion, fourth in the world this year, but was off again. a macro she is in trouble! fourth in the heat and already heading home. but european indoor champion both safely made it. as did sprinters hughes, he cruised into the semifinals of the 100 metres along with fellow brit —— brits. it was different with the heat to the call especially in the call room it is chilly inside there,
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degrees is 22 so... but other than that i am fine, i am happy i got through easily, onto the next round. the only cloud in qatar hangs over the american who avoided a ban for missing three drugs test on a technicality but on the track he is the man to beat, the fastest in the world this year and the only man to go under ten seconds so far. holly bradshaw did not need that long to make her way through, onejump, one completion, into the pole vault final. she gets it! superjump! ahead of the championships, the brothers from norway with three of the athletes to watch. at 19, make—up is the best of them but at this level, one false step can make all the difference. the european champion stepping off the track and disqualified from the 5000 metres. chris mcallister had to wait until the final race of the date for his 400 metres hurdles heat. he edged his way into fourth on the line, saw
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him through to a first semifinal. by the time the stadium was almost empty but sometimes when you spot your mum in the crowd, but is all the motivation you need. austin halewood, bbc news. 0ne rugby world cup game has already started today in england's group. ireland have their second game at quarter past eight with the hosts, japan. they have beaten them in the last six meetings. sorry, seven meetings, by 20 points so it should bea meetings, by 20 points so it should be a comfortable victory for them but we have to rememberjapan beat south africa last world cup in those opening games so they could cause an upset. 0ne rugby world cup game has already started today in england's group. argentina have already scored a bonus point against tonga. they lead 28—7 at half—time. so the game of ireland and japan at quarter past eight this morning. to rugby league, where st helens are through to their first super league grand final for five
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years after thrashing wigan 40—10. st helens, who won the league leaders shield, were all over the reigning champions wigan. mark percival took the game beyond wigan with two tries. the warriors have another chance to make the grand final when they play salford next week but for saints, the celebrations could begin. eight matches in the premier league today, including manchester city's visit to everton. their boss pep guardiola has defended his portuguese forward bernardo silva after the football association asked for the club to explain a post on social media, now deleted, in which silva compared a cartoon character on a sweet packet to his team—mate and friend benjamin mendy. both have written to the fa. silva saying that he regrets that he may have unintentionally caused offence, mendy stressing that he took no offence. he is an exceptional person, exceptional. so like he likes to be
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involved and and different situations so what i said, make a focus on other issues, bernardo is not absolutely guilty because he is -- his not absolutely guilty because he is —— his intention was as a joke, i said it is a cartoon and the face, it is quite similar, the same public happened a thousand million times with white people to be, you know? it's the same. sometimes you feel that a cartoon, that it was intentional, it wasjust that a cartoon, that it was intentional, it was just a joke. britain's nicola adams has retained her wbo world flyweight title after a split decision draw in her historic fight against maria salinas. after becoming the first female boxers to fight at the royal albert hall, the pair were closely matched. afterwards, the two—time 0lympic champion admitted she was a bit "ring rusty" after a year out of the ring and offered the mexican a rematch. england wicketkeeper sarah taylor has retired from international cricket because of her ongoing issues with anxiety. she previously took a break from the game in 2016, returning to win the world cup
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with england in 2017. taylor has been named the world's best women's t20 player three times and she's second on the england all—time women's list of run—scorers. it is great for someone like her to speak out like that as well, very important for her to do what is co mforta ble important for her to do what is comfortable for her and also quite inspiring for other people to see her take action. absolutely. so many people affected. see you later, holly. 50 years ago, sikhs working on wolverhampton's buses won the right to wear their turbans at work. their victory followed a long dispute when racial tensions in the city were running high. breakfast‘s john maguire reports on how one man's stand for religious freedom changed the law forever. it was a campaign that brought thousands onto the streets of the uk and india and personified as changing britain. after a two—year
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battle, wolverha m pton changing britain. after a two—year battle, wolverhampton finally allowed its sikh bus drivers to wear allowed its sikh bus drivers to wear a turban and beard. this man made the stand. if there is no harm that anyone has then why are we not allowed to practise our religion so i thought if this is happening today, tomorrow something else will come up, today, tomorrow something else will come up, tomorrow today, tomorrow something else will come up, tomorrow somebody else will come up, tomorrow somebody else will come up, tomorrow somebody else will come up, i have to live my life, i have to live the way i am. nobody will change me. so that kept me going. tarsem singh sandhu says he had hoped for support from his friend the local mp, but was one enoch powell whose infamous rivers of blood speech had stoked the fla mes of blood speech had stoked the fla m es of of blood speech had stoked the flames of anti—immigration. of blood speech had stoked the flames of anti-immigration. my house used to be his committee room on election day so he was so close to me. but in politics, you don't know
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when they are friend or not friend. ifi when they are friend or not friend. if i had known it was you i would not have... now, half a century on and the city is paying a new tribute to one of its heroes. a play called courage is being performed at the wolverhampton art gallery. courage is being performed at the wolverhampton art gallerylj courage is being performed at the wolverhampton art gallery. i know from my own experiences people don't a lwa ys from my own experiences people don't always have an understanding about who the sikhs are as a faith and community. and so it is important for everybody to recognise that these things are happening in different ways. but they are still out there and we cannot forget that, especially in the day and age that we're living in now. the interrupted rehearsals with a surprise visit the man whose story inspired the play. this was your first show? ok. as a bus driver. this is a driver badge. bucket wolverhampton bus station, his legacy is plain to see. you cannot grow your beard, you cannot
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have a turban on, so i had to fight. 0ne have a turban on, so i had to fight. one man's determination united many and divided others ultimately proved to bea and divided others ultimately proved to be a catalyst for change and a victory for people's rights, beliefs and freedoms. john maguire, bbc news. some people are so brave, aren't they? and so recently. probably seems like ancient history, but it was not long ago. and because of people like that changes are made. here's alina with a look at this morning's weather. how are things looking? a very u nsettled how are things looking? a very unsettled weekend. torrential rain in places. what a company next 24—48 hours. some gales as well. it could bring disruption on the roads. this is what is happening right now. the early satellite picture. this mass of cloud will develop heavy rain and strong winds later on today and through this evening, even i, and into tomorrow. this connected with this area of low pressure frontal
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system. in a short term we have an area of low pressure developing, showers, heavy rain, particularly across eastern side of scotland. that will pull away. heavy rain across parts of northern england into the midlands as well, further south of this we have a mixture of showers and clear spells. the heavy rain across eastern scotland will pull away, it will take its own. its getaway from northern england, leaving bright and sunny spells. it isn't a full northern ireland. a few showers across north wales, down into the midlands and further south a mixture of sunny spells and scattered showers before the heavy rain arrives into the south—west through the afternoon. a breezy if not windy day. winds strengthening all the while. temperature wise, mid to high teens for most, quite cool across northern scotland. could get up across northern scotland. could get up to 20 celsius across is an and south—east england. heavy and persistent rain pushing north and east with evening and overnight stop falling onto already saturated ground in places. the problems of the winds are strengthened as well. the isobars are getting closer together, particularly across wales, central and southern england. we sit
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could see gusts quite widely of up to 40 mild an hour, maybe up to 55 unexposed posts. a fairly mild night. more heavy rain to come tomorrow. —— exposed coasts. it sta rts tomorrow. —— exposed coasts. it starts to pull away to leave them showers. elsewhere a day of sunny spells, scattered showers, starting to feel cooler as we go through sunday afternoon, but equally across northern england and ireland and scotland. here is an area of low pressure pulling away as we go through sunday evening. eventually taking the rain away. again, strong and gusty winds across the midlands, down into central, southern england and the south coast, where it could still be up to 50 mph photo. a glossary into the weekend. we start the new week mainly dry. but look what's happening in the atlantic. an area of low pressure pushing on. it will turn wet and 23 monday. quite u nsettled will turn wet and 23 monday. quite unsettled through tuesday. by the time you get to wednesday and thursday, for some of us, it starts
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to look a little bit drier. the wind switches direction and it will be feeling quite old. back to you. fingers crossed for a bright week at the beginning of october. we often get that, don't we? at this time of year you get real fluctuations, particularly in between low pressure systems. there is a sign of something drier but i don't know if it will hold on for long. we will keep you posted on that one top thank you! it is 6:48. it's time now for the latest technology news, in this week's edition of click. thursday was bbc music day, an annual celebration of the power of music to change lives,
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with 2000 events across the uk and 100 broadcasts on tv, radio, and digital. but it's important to remember that not everyone experiences sound in the same way. for example, this week is international week of the deaf. so we met twins hermon and heroda berhane. now, they're both deaf, and although they love dancing and they love going to deaf raves, there's obviously a lot about music which they don't experience — until now. we joined them when they tried on a prototype shirt which can turn music into a whole body experience.
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in the modern world, we have become ever more used to isolating ourselves from the world around us. for most people, recognising those sounds is something we do every single day, but getting devices to recognise different sounds is something that has traditionally been challenging. now, one uk—based company claims to have cracked that problem. audio analytic has developed a new technology to recognise a wide range of sounds that can then be used as a trigger for a number of different actions. now, what this technology does is it uses software—based artificial intelligence to identify and recognise everyday sounds. and it can be integrated into a number of products. i'll show you a couple of examples of how it might work. one common application is in headphones. walking down the street for example, there is an angry dog nearby. barking.
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speaker: caution, there is a dog barking nearby. increasing transparency. so what it would do in that situation, it would recognise a dog barking, lower the music or cut it out altogether in your headphones and warn you there is a dog nearby. another application it would have is in smart speakers, most of us have these things around the home now, and it can be arranged to listen passively for things like a baby crying. baby crying. fundamentally, sound recognition is very different from speech recognition, and we have had to come in and solve some of those fundamental differences. baby crying sounds very different to another baby crying. there is a huge diversity from when they are six months old through to when they're two years old. but all of that we refer to as "baby cry", so there is some commonality, and we need to teach those machines that commonality. but as we know, a! can only ever be as good as the training data it works with. so they have to capture these sounds live.
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naturally, we wanted to witness this first hand. and what better way to start than with a couple of very good dogs. this is an anechoic chamber, or in this case, a semi—anechoic chamber. it is designed to absorb sound. we are here to record these two beauties, hopefully barking on demand. barking. these waveforms i can see on this screen are the representations of what is coming off the microphones in there. and in the middle is the actual dog bark threshold that the system is listening for. and when it identifies them, you should hear it activate. speaker: hey monty, i can hear you barking. as it is late and you are home alone, i am going to alert your owner, turn on the lights and place onjazz, because i know how much you like it. nice. but dogs, as good as they are, are only the beginning. the space here can be used to record
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anonymous range of sounds, ranging from the dramatic... siren wails. ..to the more low—key. bell rings. there is no shortcuts to this, it is literally, you have to have the data set. we have to go and collect all the data, so we have the world's largest collection of audio data, 15 million audio event files, that help us train the technology itself. and of course we couldn't leave without taking a sledgehammer to some windows. glass smashing. all in the name of technology, of course. the ziggo dome, amsterdam. performing here is the legendary sir elton john, currently on his farewell tour. but he has added a little something
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extra to each night and it is called peex. it is a device that allows you to mix live music as it is being played in front of you. boost the volume of instruments, listen to nothing but elton's voice, but how does it work? # benny and thejets... first of all the music is recorded onto peex's system where it breaks down the 95 channels of audio coming from the stage into five different musical categories. those five mixes are then sent all the way here to the back of the hall and sent out again as radio waves by these transmitters. but to make sure that everyone gets a signal, five more transmitters have been permanently installed above the stage. and a tiny microphone on the device listens to what is being played on stage, so it can sync up with the mix that your device is being sent, so when you adjust the levels, it will be in real time. right, elton is about to start performing. let's see how this thing fares.
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full band plays. guitar only. organ only. drums only. wow. that sounds great. the vocals are crisp, the guitar, you can really hear it, but because i am too close to the stage, i can't really distinguish what i'm hearing on stage and on here with the drums. so what i'm going to do is go to the back of the hall and see how it fares there. it works even better further back from the stage. and to listen to the mix you make, you are given normal earphones instead of noise cancelling, so you don't lose out on hearing the atmosphere too. for people who are hard of hearing, which essentially you do have locations in the concert hall
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where they can come and hear, this allows them to actually be anywhere in the concert hall. peex is not for everyone. there are people who already have superior sound quality and they do not wish or need to have it improved, but there are people who want to experience concerts in a different way, so it is really allowing for everyone to opt how they want to experience the concert. and that is what we found. not everyone enjoyed using it. it is an amazing system, and i even let people next to me listen to it, but it is like, you have to be very sure of yourself to use that system as an artist. laughs. the music was very loud, you have to put that even louder, so it's going to be like... like you have nails in your ear. so, as innovative as this kit is, it may not be for you. you mayjust want to go to a concert and experience it organically. but having the option to mix your favourite artist while they perform in front of you, this might be a new direction in live music.
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drums play. that's it for the short cut of this audio tech special. plenty more in the full—length version which is available now on iplayer. don't forget that throughout the week you can find us on facebook, youtube, instagram and twitter at @bbcclick. thanks for watching, thanks for listening, and we will see you soon. good morning. welcome to breakfast withjon kay and nina warhurst. 0ur headlines today: a "nakedly political put—up job": downing street reacts angrily as borisjohnson is referred to the police watchdog
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