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my wife builds too! the plan this year was particularly ambitious. the building of a lego megacity. i'm reged ahmad with a summary of the bbc world news. police in hong kong have used tear everyone making their little bit, gas and water canon to disperse then putting it all together. the result — pretty spectacular. protesters hurling rocks and petrol—bombs in anti—government that is actually the largest lego demonstrations. city ever built in finland. they were marking five years since the start of what became known it has around 1,500 base plates, as the umbrella movement, a campaign for greater democratic freedom under chinese rule. from hong kong, here's our china and of course 1,500 builders. then there is lego in monochrome, correspondent, john sudworth. pyramids and temples made out of plastic — that's appropriate for some people — the everyday object that this toy is a little lent its name to a movement was in use again. bit like a religion. five years after it first shielded the protesters from the pepper spray and tear gas. it might be time i bought some. now, the weather. hello there. a soggy, blustery night will lead into a wet and windy sunday morning across many parts of the uk. on the satellite picture you can see in 2014, the umbrella this swirl of cloud, protests faded away. a developing area of low pressure but this year they're
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back with a vengeance — that has been bringing some very in far more violent form. heavy rain, some very strong and gusty winds, and as that low pressure system slides its way across central and southern portions of the uk, through the first part of the day we have no choice. we will see some strong and gusty like, we can't go back. winds on the southern flank. imean... for me, like... if we lose this time, this little lump of showery rain here could well include some very hong kong cannot survive for more than another five years. squally and gusty winds as it slides its way eastwards. now as we go through the day ahead, parts of the midlands, east anglia, wales, down the anniversary began calmly enough, with thousands joining a peaceful rally. but this is now a deeply towards the south coast will see divided society. with those who fear that hong kong's freedoms are being eroded... ..pitted against often ugly confrontation against the supporters of chinese rule. a mix of sunny spells this man, beaten for carrying and heavy, thundery showers. a chinese flag by those who say persistent rain will continue to pile in across parts of northern they are fighting to england. protect freedom of speech. northern ireland and scotland should by the end of the night, brighten up with some spells the centre of hong kong of sunshine and just the odd shower, was a battleground once more. temperatures of 13—19 degrees. but where this rain lingers for any length of time, well, there certainly is the risk so the protesters are retreating of some travel problems from the water cannon and some localised flooding. and the pepper spray. now, as we go into the evening, five years ago, the umbrella movement began on this spot. notice of the light lines squeezing they gained no political concessions. together on the back edge of this that's why these people low pressure system. a swathe of strong winds blowing across some of these eastern coastal counties, combined with high tides, that could cause some coastal flooding. now, through the night, one or two showers pushing
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across the northern half of scotland, clear spells elsewhere and the odd mist patch say their far more militant and temperatures will dip away. quite a chilly start to monday. but all things considered, a calm start to the day for the majority because of this little bump in the isobars, this ridge of high pressure. but it won't last long. here comes our next low pressure system swinging its way tactics are justified. in off the atlantic. the authorities marked the anniversary with a belated promise to look again at electoral reform. the protesters smashed their windows and then disappeared into the night. john sudworth, bbc news, hong kong. so as we go through the day, we'll see yet more rain pushing across many parts of england and wales. i think parts of wales particularly as this rain continues to pile up the white house has restricted access to transcripts of some could well have some of president donald trump's calls problems with flooding. with foreign leaders. that's according the further north you are across to us media reports. the uk, more on the way of dry officials say notes about calls to leaders including weather and just the odd shower. russia's vladimir putin chilly here, though, and the saudi crown prince have not 10 degrees in aberdeen, been handled in the usual way. london at 17. it comes as an impeachment and then we look ahead to tuesday, investigation into president trump over his administration's dealing with ukraine, is gathering pace. that area of low pressure churns its way eastwards,
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rain mostly for england and wales, some showers blowing into the north of scotland, our north america correspondent, some sunny spells here peter bowes has more. as for northern ireland. but those temperatures really well, the significance is that it dipping away across the northern half of the country, 9—12 degrees. really exposes two sides of the story, that according and, as we push that area to these reports, the white house of low pressure away for some time now, for several into the near continent, as we move into wednesday, months has been restricting follow the white lines, the transcripts of conversations that the president has had with, follow the isobars up to the north. as you say, world leaders that is where our air like president putin, will be coming from. the crown prince of saudi arabia, a plunge of chilly air right and essentially keeping that across the uk for the middle part information on a special server of the week. even in the south, temperatures no better than 13 or 1a degrees. with access allowed only for a few for the end of the week, there's the chance we could see more wet and windy weather. people in the white house. and the implication is that that was done because it was to stop lea ks of conversations of the president was having, there was one he had with malcolm turnbull, the then prime minister of australia back in 2017, that was leaked. and so the suggestion is that those calls like this very latest one, this controversial one with the president of ukraine are being kept with tighter security. of course the other side of the story, and the democrats
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suspect, that in fact what's happening is that the white house is trying to cover up details of that controversial conversation. the american retailer, cvs pharmacy, has suspended the sale of a heartburn drug over concerns that it could be linked to cancer. the store says it will stop sales of zantac until further notice. zantac is a brand name for the generic medication ranitidine. the pills are used by millions of people to reduce acid in the stomach. houthi rebels in yemen claim this is bbc news, the headlines: tear gas and water cannon have been used by police in hong kong they have captured thousands in violent clashes with thousands of protesters who gathered to mark the fifth anniversary of a pro—democracy campaign known as the umbrella movement. riot police dispersed protesters after activists threw petrol bombs of troops, including several saudi army officers, and damaged government offices. along with a large number of vehicles and weapons. a spokesman for the houthi movement afghanistan's incumbent president, said a three—day operation was carried out near the border ashraf ghani, has appealed with saudi arabia's najran region. to taliban militants to respect there's no independent verification of the houthi claim.
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it comes two weeks after the people's choice in saturday's general election and end the war. the iran—backed rebel group claimed responsibility for an attack on major saudi oilfacilities, the country's election commission responsible for more than half extended voting by two hours, of the country's oil output. but turnout appears you're watching bbc news. to have been low. several people died in taliban attacks on polling stations. reports in the us media say the forecast is for a low turnout in the white house has imposed unusual afg hanistan's presidential election. tens of thousands of police levels of secrecy on transcripts and soldiers have been protecting of some of president donald trump's polling stations, after warnings calls with foreign leaders. of violence from the taliban. so far at least four people have been killed, they come as an impeachment and 80 others injured, investigation into president trump in bomb and mortar attacks. over his administration's dealing the poll, which had been delayed twice, follows the breakdown with ukraine is gathering pace in congress. of peace talks, between the taliban and the us. martin patience reports from the capital, kabul. voting in afghanistan takes courage. this is an election that will be doctors are heralding closely scrutinised for fraud. an extraordinary transformation, in the treatment of a deadly form of skin cancer. taliban threats didn't stop these ten years ago, advanced melanoma was seen as untreatable, women from turning out, but a clinical trial shows half of patients are now surviving for at least five years. no matter what it took. in a hospital in the city the drugs involved target the immnune system, and are already ofjalalabad, these people know available on the nhs. our health and science correspondent, james gallagher reports. the cost of democracy. 36 people here were pam smith is alive and well, but it's been more than five years
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since she had the devastating news that her cancer was untreatable. injured in a blast. an aggressive melanoma had spread inside her body and she says she didn't stand a chance. translation: i had been queueing up but pam took part in a pioneering to vote for ten minutes. then i heard an explosion. trial and says it saved her life. the next thing i knew, i was lying on the ground without having those drugs and my legs were wounded. like that, i might not have got to see my grandchildren. so... because it's just over the five years now since it happened and my youngest grandchild, translation: we need security. he was six at the weekend. we call on our next president to deliver security. so, you know, i wouldn't have but a massive security presence seen him growing up and the other wasn't enough to bring people out. grandchildren as well. what's striking is the streets of the capital have been quiet all day. normally they'd be busy with people heading to the polls to elect their next president. but the fear of taliban attacks mean ten years ago, people many people have chosen usually died within 6—9 to stay at home. months of being diagnosed. earlier today, president ashraf this trial on 9115 patients tested ghani cast his vote, a combination of immunotherapies saying this election will help move and showed 52% were still the country forward. alive five years later. and his main challenger, the doctor who's presenting the data doctor abdullah abdullah, at a cancer conference said conveyed a similar message. was today's vote a success? the impact was an amazing surprise.
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from a security point of view, yes. it's been the most extraordinary but the taliban threats worked. transformation from a disease voters didn't turn out. taliban threatened particular, certain objectives for them. they were going to attack the sites, they were going to make targeted attacks in cities. but today, they failed to do it. but if voter turnout is as low as predicted, how much legitimacy will the next afghan president have? martin patience, bbc news, kabul. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. us aviation regulators have ordered
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inspections of boeing 737 n6 aircraft after cracks were found on some planes. boeing reportedly discovered the cracks while modifying a heavily used aircraft. similar cracks were found in a small number of additional planes. the 737 max, which was grounded worldwide in march following two crashes, is not affected by the checks. canadian police say two teenage fugitives have confessed to killing three people in videos recorded before they took their own lives. there was a nationwide manhunt for the pair after the murders in british columbia injuly. kam mcleod and bryer schmegelsky were found dead more than 3,000 kilometres away in manitoba in august. a camera with the recordings was discovered near their bodies. more than half of patients can now survive melanoma — a deadly skin cancer that was considered untreatable just a decade ago — according to british doctors. a clinical trial shows that drugs to harness the body's immune system mean 52% of patients now live for at least five years. as the british prime minister boris johnson arrives in manchester
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for the conservative party conference, there is growing speculation that opposition parties at westminster are considering a vote of no confidence in him. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, says a caretaker government is becoming more likely every day. chris mason's report contains some flashing images. borisjohnson — you are not fit... borisjohnson arrived here this evening with his girlfriend, carrie symonds. are you losing control, prime minister? a prime minister in office but barely in control — defeated in court but defiant. what a week it's been. the prime minister's advice to her majesty was unlawful. parliament has not been prorogued. welcome back to our place of work. from the supreme court to parliament... many of us in this place
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are subject to death threats... i've never heard so much humbug in all my life. he faces huge questions about the country's future and his own past. the mayor of london supports you. you like hanging out hang out with us, right? ido! borisjohnson has been referred to the police watchdog over a potential criminal offence relating to his relationship with the businesswomen jennifer arcuri over allegations she received favourable treatment, including grants and a place on trade trips, when mrjohnson was mayor of london. the prime minister denies any wrongdoing. this issue is being politically driven, it's politically motivated. and the prime minister has been clear that proprieties were observed. all in all, is all of this an open goalfor labour? they hope so. even if some privately wonder if their leader is match—fit. if the government falls, loses a vote of confidence, could jeremy corbyn become caretaker prime minister? at the moment he doesn't have the numbers. and yet... it's getting more likely every single day because this
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government is collapsing. it has now lost all seven votes since boris johnson became prime minister and this tory government has been defeated over 45 times in parliament. they don't have a majority, they don't have a programme, they don't have policies and they don't also have any credibility. the scottish national party want to be seen to be trying to bring down the government next week and could live with mr corbyn in downing street. the only way to guarantee another brexit delay, they think, and then have a general election. it's only right and proper that he, as the leader of the largest opposition party, should have the first opportunity to form an administration. but if another name appears in the frame, a ken clarke or a dominic grieve, that people can coalesce around, then i personally — and i think the snp — would have very little difficulty with that. no—one but no—one knows what's over the horizon right now. but this is a party, despite everything, determined to show the world its best side. chris mason, bbc
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news, in manchester. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: tear gas and water cannon have been used by police in hong kong against protesters marking the fifth anniversary of a pro—democracy campaign known as the umbrella movement. vote counting has begun after afg hanistan's general election. the country's incumbent president has appealed to taliban militants to respect the people's choice and end the war. the former president of zimbabwe, robert mugabe, has been buried in a simple ceremony in his home village of kutama. mr mugabe's final resting place has been the subject of a dispute between his family and the government since he died earlier this month, aged 95. the bbc‘s shingai nyoka sent this update. it's a very ordinary ending for an extraordinary political career, a low—key church service proceeded robert mugabe's burial here in the tranquil rural village of zvimba.
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a service attended by family, relatives, neighbours and very few vips and former comrades. robert mugabe was many things to many people, he was admired for his fiery rhetoric and reviled for human rights abuses as well as ruining a once prosperous country. but very few anticipated this is how it would and for mr mugabe, his burial in a quiet rural village. he was a man who thrived in the spotlight, who revelled in public attention. president mugabe chose to make a political statement. he was totally bitter about his removal. and the message that is coming out is it doesn't matter what you think about his policies, political leaders must not be removed by the military.
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some say his decision to be buried here is a political statement. robert mugabe was an avid chess player and he hated to lose. when he left power in 2017, he did so unwillingly. and when he leaves today, he does so on his own terms, buried in a courtyard, far away from those who betrayed him. shingai nyoka, zimbabwe. ourship in 2014 fighters from the islamic state group swept swept across northern iraq and captured the country's second city — mosul. they brutally imposed strict dress codes, and punished activities like smoking cigarettes or using a mobile phone, with flogging or amputation. the militants posted propaganda all over the internet, but at the same time, an historian living in mosul was posting a counter narrative, exposing i—s atrocities. he spoke to witness history about his experience.
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isis is a grouping of some of the world's most violent sunni militants. so extreme, they've been disowned by al-qaeda. in less than a week, their army took mosul. you have to take sides. you have to decide whether you are with them or against them. i decided to stand against them. at that time i was teaching at the university. and it was taken over as a military camp. mosul eye was a website i set up to get information out to the rest of the world. i wake up in the morning, i go out, i collect information, and then i go back. i would go everything by hand and scan it in.
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one mistake could lead to death, to the end. from the pulpits, the isis leader — abu bakr al—baghdadi — proclaimed himself the ruler of all muslims. i felt very offended because who is this guide is a claim he is a caliph in our city? isis was getting into the city, into the neighbourhoods, there was only a thin wall between me and isis when i was reporting against them. next door was an isis senior fighter, the other house next to our house was a isis fighter, in front of us was a house of isis. was behind the city there was another war house of isis was up and i am in the middle of all of this, reporting against isis! from the beginning i decided that i would only write facts by knowing the source or witnessing the event myself.
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religious police controlled everything. shaving, smoking were all considered immoral and the punishment anything from public lashings to execution. the public executions were a system that isis imposed on the city. they were enjoying theirs. they were feeling the pleasure of terrorising the people. isis wanted to make it like a show, as if they were shooting a film for hollywood.
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a horror movie. sometimes behaving... or they made a brother shoot his brother. what made mosul eye at the time more powerful is that its message reached out to the international media, and they made it public everywhere. newsnight has spoken to the writer of a blog, a blog called mosul eye which has been communicating the bite of the city for over two years. i was resisting the fundamentals of the narrative, and it was something they really didn't like. that was my strength, and that was my thought, that i found a way to resist isis. and all i had at that time was the pan and the paper. —— pen. there've been huge protests outside the swiss parliament with tens
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of thousands of people demanding the government take action on climate change. organisers of the march in the capital bern say a hundred thousand people took part. police would only say it was one of the biggest demonstrations in the city in recent years. it comes three weeks ahead of parliamentary elections with pollsters predicting a swing to green candidates. us sprinter christian coleman has won the 100m world championships gold in doha, just weeks after a controversy over his place in the competition. it makes him the fastest man of the year with a finish time of 9.76 seconds. the build up to the competition saw the us anti—doping agency charge coleman with missing three drugs tests in 12 months before withdrawing the claim. he gave this reaction after his win. so that you start with something like that. trying to smear my reputation.
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i don't know how the information got out there to the public, but it shouldn't have. it is what it is, man, and now i've got to do is keep doing what i've been doing, focus on me, now i am a world champion, that is something nobody will ever take from me. jonathan goolt is covering the competition for letsrun.com. i asked him whether christian coleman could be the next usain bolt. that is a label that is thrown around with essentially every top sprinter that has come up after bolt retired in 2017. but coleman is the real deal. he was the silver medallist in 2017, he beat usain bolt in that race at the world championships, and now he is the 100m world champion, he's a really a top talent. given he is so young, do you think we're going to see more incredible performances from him? i think so. if you look at the race he ran in the world championship final, he closed extremely well, he ran a personal best of 9.76 seconds. i think there is room for improvement moving forward.
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in terms of some of the more negative coverage that has been made about these missed drug tests, is there doubt around his performance because of it? there is. it depends on who you ask, really, some track fans will say look at gatland or benjohnson 30 years ago, they are sceptical. coleman has not failed any drugs tests, but when you are not making yourself available to drug testers, that produces suspicion among some parties. so there is some doubt within the sport. given his performance now, do you think there will be pressure on him to make sure he goes above and beyond sticking to all the rules so that doubt is removed? absolutely. i know he said the reason for his missed tests was due to forgetfulness and a lack of care, essentially.
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and i think often after this episode he made it through unscathed, he won the world championships, but he will be paying season and beyond. wales play their second match of the rugby world cup on sunday. they face 2—time winners australia in tokyo. warren gatland's side had a bonus point win against georgia in their opening match, but wales know this will be far tougher, as katie gornall reports. i've run 20 marathons, i've done a lot of research on the science of marathon running in one of the thing thatis marathon running in one of the thing that is hot and humid conditions. apologies there, it looks like that was the wrong story but we will get that to you some point later in the evening. for nearly 90 years children — and sometimes grown—ups — have been playing with lego. it is one of the most
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popular toys in the world. in finland — they've been hosting the country's largest ever lego convention. and it seems the possibilities are endless — as the bbc‘s tim allman reports. it's amazing what you can do with thousands and thousands of little plastic bricks. so you fancy a replica of a classic portrait by vermeer? no problem! you've always had a hankering for a life—sized bust of a certain occupant of the white house? voila. the 15,000 people here at this convention are, to put it mildly, lego—crazy. and this is a fever that can run in the family. translation: i got my own lego bricks when i was just one—year—old and i've been building ever since. my own boys got interested, they are now in their 20s. 00:23:53,373 --> 2147483051:48:41,401 and their girlfriends 2147483051:48:41,401 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 join in with us.
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