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and when you're final and when you're final of- and when you're final of the i and when you're this is bbc news. i'm clive myrie at westminster. the headlines at eight: done a lot of things right. there are massively aggressive physical forward pack. they probably play their stronger team in the second half as opposed to the first half, the ayes to the right, 299. and they will be a difficult side to beat. eddie jones says he believes his team can play even better than the noes to the left, 70. they did on saturday, but others mps vote against the government's have been raising a few questions. proposal to hold a general election on december 12th. but the prime minister the wales coach warren gatland said says he'll now present a new short bill tomorrow for a pre—christmas poll after his team's defeat to south which wouldn't need africa that he believes some teams a majority of two thirds. peek for the semifinal and then struggle to match that level in the we a majority of two thirds. have a great no deal, and final, a comment which produced a time we have a great no deal, and it's time for the voters to have a chance typically lively response from eddie jones. guys, can youjust to pronounce on that deal. —— a typically lively response from eddie jones. guys, can you just send typically lively response from eddie jones. guys, can youjust send my best wishes to warren and make sure he enjoys the third and fourth great new deal, and to replace this dysfunctional parliament with a play—off? parliament that can get brexit done so parliament that can get brexit done so the country can move on. jones on fine form there. and the
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swiss reporting as well. i'm ben brown. the other main stories arsenal manager unai emery has this evening... criticised his captain the driver of the lorry in essex in which 39 people died for how he reacted to supporters appears in court charged booing him during their draw with their manslaughter. with crystal palace. the head of instagram tells the bbc the suicide of 14—year—old molly russell has changed granit xhaka silicon valley — but has it? was substituted during the second half at the emirates, campaigners call on the government and appeared to swear at the fans to extend how long women can before taking his shirt off store their frozen eggs, saying the 10—year limit breaches human rights. as he stormed down the tunnel. and a telescope is about to carry out the most detailed observation arsenal had already ever of the universe measuring 35 million galaxies and what's thrown away a 2—0 lead, called dark energy. but on match of the day 2, former arsenal striker, ian wright wasn't impressed. he should have apologised already. and if he apologises, is that the end of it? its not a case of that's the end of it, that's the guy they've chosen as captain, and that is not captain behaviour. strong words from ian wright, there. what next for tiger woods? he equalled the pga tour record of 82 tournament wins on monday. he did it by winning zozo championship in japan, his first event since having his fifth knee operation nine weeks ago. hello and welcome to westminster, and another chapter he won his first pga title
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in the brexit story. this evening, mps have voted against the government's proposal 23 years ago this month. to hold a general election on december 12th. he's come back, and that the very but the prime minister says he'll now present a new bill first opportunity, he's won, and in so doing, he has moved alongside sam for a pre—christmas poll which wouldn't need a majority of two thirds. snead, one of the legendary records earlier today, the eu extended in the game of golf, an 82nd the deadline for brexit. it means the uk will not leave this thursday, victory. he met sam snead is a as promised repeatedly five—year—old, and he was quite impressed, because the little by borisjohnson. meanwhile, no 10 hasjust confirmed five—year—old tiger woods was able they will not try again to get the ball out of the water and make a bogey on a par three. well, to bring the brexit bill — the my goodness me. in the 23 years of withdrawal agreement bill — back. this evening, the government his professional career, tiger woods comfortably won the vote has rewritten the record book after record book. by 299 votes to 70 after roger federer has withdrawn from this week's paris masters the labour frontbench abstained. in order to pace himself, but it fell well short with next month's atp finals of getting the support in london on the horizon. of the 434 mps it needed. the 38—year—old is playing in his 22nd season on the atp tour and won let's take a look at that moment. a record—extending tenth swiss indoors championship title on sunday. the world number three has already order. secured a spot in the atp finals, which start on the 10th of november at the o2 arena. that's all the sport for now.
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i'll have more for you the ayes to the right, 299. the ayes to the right, 299. the noes to the left, 70. in sportsday at 10.30. gavin, thank you very much indeed. more now on our top story. mps have voted against the ayes to the right, 299. the noes the government's proposal to hold a general election on december 12th. to the left, 70. the ayes have it. but the prime minister says he'll the ayes have it. the ayes have it, now present a new short bill but the motion has not obtained the majority required under the for a pre—christmas election which wouldn't need fixed—term parliaments act 2011, a majority of two thirds. let's get more on this evening's and... order! because the majority events in parliament. required has not been reached, the we can talk to chris leslie from the noes habit. —— the noes have it. independent group for change and and joins us live from westminster. thank you very much for being with us. boris johnson wants thank you very much for being with borisjohnson was sharply critical us. borisjohnson wants an election 0na of parliament this evening, us. borisjohnson wants an election on a12, us. borisjohnson wants an election 0n a12, the liberal democrats and calling it "dysfunctional". snp seem to want one on the 9th of this house cannot any longer keep december. do you want an election? this country hostage. no, iwant december. do you want an election? no, i want to people's vote. i want millions of families and businesses cannot plan for the future, and i to sort this out specifically on the country is facing as brexit, so you
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don't believe that this paralysis need a specific way for the people and this stagnation should be to make a decision on that. if you allowed to continue. now that no deal is off the table, start getting into this whole general election question of who we have a great new deal. we have a should be the prime minister, what should be the prime minister, what should be the policies on national security and the nhs and all those other things, it will just complicate this question, and i great new deal, and it's time for the voters to have a chance to swear we will still be in this mess, pronounce on that deal. and to possibly for years ahead. so if, like me, you are fed up of this, let's deal with it by taking this replace this dysfunctional issue head on. i think there are parliament with a new parliament that can get brexit done so the country can move on. actually the numbers nearly there in the labour leaderjeremy corbyn vowed to consider the government's the house of commons for putting the bill and to scrutinise it. prime minister's deal to a confirm public vote. what do you mean, nearly there, because they never have been the votes there, and in iunderstand... i i understand... i understand a bill fa ct, will be tabled tomorrow. we will have been the votes there, and in fact, liberal democrat leaderjo swinson said earlier today that i obviously look and scrutinise that bill, and we look forward to a dearly wish there was a majority clear, definitive decision that no situation for people's vote, but deal is absolutely off the table, there isn't. i would just canceljo and there is no danger of this prime swinson, hold on, because actually, we haven't even tested that minister not sticking to his word, because he has some form on these
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question. —— i would counseljo matters, and taking this country out swinson. the question of putting the of the eu without any deal prime minister's deal to the public whatsoever, knowing the damage it for assay has never come up for a will do twojobs vote, sojo swinson does not know whatsoever, knowing the damage it will do two jobs and industries all across this country. 0ur chief political correspondent for sure. unfortunately, what has come up is that partisan interests vicki young is in parliament. let's get more now from her. have come to the fore. obviously, borisjohnson have come to the fore. obviously, boris johnson fancies his chances againstjeremy corbyn. the liberal clive, as you know, on these brexit democrats think they will get a boost if they have an election days, we move on very quickly, so we before brexit is done, but it have already moved on from that one shouldn't be about which party is vote, which has been defeated. the government has lost, they have not going to do better or worse, but got their way on that, but there are about sorting brexit out once and other routes they can pursue. 0ne for all. we are only a couple of yea rs into for all. we are only a couple of got their way on that, but there are years into what is a five year fixed other routes they can pursue. one is a simple bill, which borisjohnson said would be tabled tonight and term parliament. i think mps have a duty to fix on the question, and introduced tomorrow, so the big question on that is, can he get a there are conservative mps, albeit majority of mps to back it? this some of them who have had the whip time, it will be a simple majority, taken away, who if it is a matter of though it does have to go through the last resort, we have seen the all the stages in the house of prime minister take away has bill commons and house of lords. let's tonight. i think they are about to find out what the liberal democrats think. their leaderjoe swinson is turn in favour of a confirmatory with me now. if you have been asking public vote, and that is a really for a general election, and came up important moment. i hope the liberal with the idea of a bill alongside democrats and snp don't spoil that the snp. what do you think about with this sort of electioneering at
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what borisjohnson is now proposing? we haven't seen the detail of this bill, but we put forward a very this stage. aren't you in the independent group clear plan which would have a afraid of an election because you general election at the earliest are afraid you will get destroyed at the polls? the odds are against me whenever that election comes. i have accepted my fate on these things. possible date, which would prevent the prime minister having a wriggle what is more important is that we do room at all to force his bad brexit deal through the commons before an our duty to sort out brexit. if this election, which is of course, what he set out his preferred plan was to goes to a general election, the do. he is obviously tabling a bill which still has december 12, which amount of chaos added to the awful just raises the question, that mayhem we already have got is a factor of three orfour suspicion as to when we presented a mayhem we already have got is a factor of three or four macro, so i really think we have a duty to sort lib dem and snp plan that said if this question out, and the you give time for the specific bill, frustrating thing is, we are so this specific plan, you will get close to being able to do that. you that through, because that will be can see the dup are now departing coming to back our plan. actually, from the prime minister'sposition on he's gone for something different, it. they may well also want to move so he's gone for something different, so thatjust he's gone for something different, so that just raises the suspicion. and this is a man you just cannot trust. it is a man who said he would agree never to a border in the irish away from it. so i think with some grown—up come backbench working, sea, who said he would not prorogued when we set aside this partisan parliament, and has done both jockeying for position we have seen things. assurances from boris in the last 48 hours, we will be johnson do not go very far. that able to get to the numbers for a
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means there is not there was nothing confirmatory vote. and finally, i he can say to persuade you, really. will ask not what you think should downing street have said tonight they will not bring back the happen but what you think will happen. the prime minister says he withdrawal bill. if you do not will try again for an election believe in anything he says, there tomorrow with a very short bill. is is no point carrying on with this, there any chance of that getting as there? what can he do to reassure through? tonight, you have seen the snp and liberal democrats have said, you? i don't believe anything he no, we want december the 9th, the says, which is why the plan we would have put forward would not have government saying december 12, and passed any time whatsoever. we would also the snp saying votes at 16. have had an election and immediately others want eu citizens to have the dissolve parliament. do those extra right to have a say. so ijust can't days make a difference? when you think you could get the bill through with those two extra days? i'm just see how the liberals and the snp and not prepared to give him a wriggle the conservatives are surely not room, because i don't trust boris going to be on the same page on johnson i don't trust the leader of this. so i would say, we might have the opposition either. we saw labour a chance to sort it out with that mps voting for boris johnson's people's vote. chris leslie, thank brexit deal, so the possibility, any you, from the independent group for possibility that they could band together and try and force a brexit change, thanks for talking to us. deal through, that's not something which is leader of a party that is a two men are in custody after they were detained passionate remain party, which wants in the operation that led to stop brexit and stay in the to the death of the islamic state european union, we cannot allow that leader, abu bakr al—baghdadi. he died during a us specialforces risk. so we will look very carefully raid in north—west syria. at this bill when it is published 0ur correspondent nick byrant
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and discuss with other parties too, and discuss with other parties too, in washington has more. and obviously, they will be further debate tomorrow. my plan i set out we learnt today that two men were taken we learnt today that two men were ta ken into custody. we learnt today that two men were taken into custody. we have learnt yesterday remains open. the also that al—baghdadi's body has now government can table a bill until been disposed of in accordance with 10pm tonight, and put that bill that the laws of armed conflict, according to the pentagon. they are i published yesterday forward for working to declassify video footage debate, and of course, if they come and photographs that were taken and support that, that will get during that rate, which should come through, because the liberal out over the next few days. what democrats and snp agreed on that they have been unable to confirm, however, is donald trump's very bill. what about those who say you graphic accounts of al—baghdadi's final moments. he described him as have abandoned your push for a people voted a second referendum, crying and whimpering before he and you are putting your party interest before that? you know you detonated an explosive vest. military chiefs are saying perhaps would probably gain seats in a donald trump got that information general election, so you are from talking himself with commanders shelving that idea of another on the ground, but they were unable referendum. i would dearly love to to verify it, and that is highly have a people's vote. the liberal democrats have led the campaign for unusual. normally, you would expect it for three and a half years, and the pentagon to be able to have put 17 amendments down for a authenticate the words of the us people's vote, including last week commander in chief donald trump. he has been continuing with his victory on the queen's speech. time and lab this morning, but he went to the again, the labour has not backed them in sufficient numbers, and as i baseball last night in washington
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and was roundly booed by the crowd. say, 19 labour mps voted for boris johnson's brexit bill last week. washington, a democratic city, but that is the problem of where we are still, it showed what a polarising figure years on the day when he at. today, i have tabled a motion, celebrated the biggest foreign policy triumph of his and enough mps get behind that and show that there is no majority in presidency so far. the house of commons for a people's nick bryant there, our washington correspondent. vote, they will be no more delighted the labour mp keith vaz is facing a six—month suspension from parliament after he was found than me —— that there is a majority, to have breached the house of commons code of conduct and because i hear people saying, we by expressing a willingness to buy cocaine for others. have enough mps, we have a majority, it comes after a newspaper published and i'd like that to be the case, covert recordings in 2016 but we have to be able to which appeared to show that mr vaz demonstrate that if that is the had met two men in his london flat to engage in paid—for sex and offered to buy them drugs. case, but i fear that it isn't. the risk that it isn't is that we end up mr vaz, who's been mp having more debate on boris for leicester east since 1987, johnson's brexit bill and we end up says he has never bought, closer to that deadline, which is possessed, dealt with or used illegal drugs. not so far away. if we have not a statement from his office says resolve this and pass, there is no guarantee the eu will give as an he's been admitted to hospital. extension, and we could be staring at the risk of a no—deal brexit yet again, so that is what we must two people have been seriously avoid, so we must use this extension injured after after a shooting to try to resolve it, ideally through people's vote, but if that injured after a shooting is not likely, i will go into the outside a mosque in southern france.
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the attack happened general election with a liberal in the city of bayonne. an 84—year—old man democrat party in very strong has been arrested. police believe he has far—right position to stop brexit, and people connections and once stood as a regional candidate are like the liberal democrat for marine le pen's national rally party. majority government, on day one, i ms le pen said the attack went against the values of her movement. will revoke article 50. liberal firefighters in california democrat leaderjo swinson, thank you very much indeed. so there is are battling a wildfire burning now likely to be lots of wrangling, near several wealthy neighbourhoods borisjohnson now likely to be lots of wrangling, boris johnson having now likely to be lots of wrangling, borisjohnson having to decide in los angeles. whether he is completely wedded to the idea of a december the 12 thousands of people have been forced from their homes, including the state's former governor arnold schwarzenegger and the basketball star lebronjames. election. there are other things to be done, including a bill in another much largerfire northern ireland, and they simply could not have a situation where parliament is dissolved this friday in the northern sonoma county has morning. they say they need more time for other things that need to be got through. already forced 180,000 people from their homes. thank you very much, vicky young in a state—wide emergency was declared by california's governor yesterday as strong winds fanned the flames. 0ur correspondent sophie long is in los angeles with the latest. westminster. you'll probably be able to see the fire burning behind me. we are quite high up here. you can see the smoke
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meanwhile, the government says it coming up through the trees. there has paused its campaign urging the public and businesses are flames down there. we've been here for the last half an hour or to "get ready for brexit" on 31 31 october. so, i watched planes and helicopters the advertising blitz across social media, billboards and tv is reported have fought this fire from the sky, to have cost £100m but has been dropping red retardant. in the suspended after borisjohnson accpeted the eu's offer to extend distance, you see fires and fires the brexit deadline. and trees, and then there is thick labour leaderjeremy corbyn called smoke. that is the way behind there, it "£100m of misspent public money". and that is the only thing separating these flames from the that's it from westminster. we are mansions of bel air, and the rest of the sprawling city of los angeles expecting that bill, that single one line bill, to be tabled by the beyond. so people are currently worried about the location of this fire. it is currently burning around government tonight and put forward 500 acres, which is tiny compared to for debate and possible vote some fires burning at the moment, especially the kincaid fire in tomorrow in the commons. of course, full coverage here in the bbc news sonoma, which are still burning. that started on wednesday, and channel, and with all of that, back firefighters are still fighting at to you, ben, in the studio. around the clock. but here in los angeles, the main priority at the thanks very much, clive myrie at moment is to get people out of their westminster. homes. there has been an evacuation order in place since this morning. a lorry driver has appeared in court most people are heeding this advice, charged with the manslaughter of 39 but you hear people on the local people who were found dead in a refrigerated lorry radio here saying, i'm going to in essex last week. stay, i think i can fight it. one maurice robinson is accused of being part of a global los angeles politician said, if you people—smuggling ring. are watching the news briefing on meanwhile, the prime minister has
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laid flowers near the scene and signed a book of condolence, television, you are an idiot. you need to get out. it is not safe. as daniel sandford reports. the prime minister and the chief constable, remembering the 39 people who died in the refrigerated trailer most people understand that. people at a simple ceremony used to wildfires here. they have in grays, in essex today. had terrible fires in the last few yea rs, had terrible fires in the last few years, the worst in the state's in the book of condolence, history last year. which killed eight people. the priority here in boris johnson wrote that the whole los angeles is to get people out of world had been shocked their homes and to safety. we saw by the tragedy, and said people evacuating horses from the the government would to do topanga valley on the way here and everything in its power to bring the perpetrators to justice. getting animals to safety. a message the chief meanwhile, in sonoma valley, constable repeated. firefighters continue to fight that around the clock. the latest there and we continue to try and bring is that it is now burning 66,000 justice for these families, to bring these people, put them in front of the courts acres, a huge fire, and still they to answer for their crimes, are only a 5% containment. wherever they might be. so for long reporting there from at chelmsford magistrates', california on the wildfires there. in front of the world's press, the first person to be accused was in court. —— sophie long. now it's time for a look 25—year—old maurice robinson, at the weather with stav. of craigavon, in northern ireland, appeared via video link hello there. holding onto this brief from grays police station. speu hello there. holding onto this brief spell of fine, dry and sunny weather, it will remain colder with he faces 39 charges of manslaughter. no victim has been formally an overnight frost continuing, a little bit of mist and fog can be identified yet, so the charges list in. things will turn more unsettled them as unknown person1 towards the end of the week. that is
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through to unknown person 39. thanks to this area of low pressure he is also accused of people moving up from the south—west. high trafficking over an 11—month period. pressure has dominated through the hearing lasted monday, and tonight, it will be a barely five minutes. dry and cold one and the largely clear skies. if you shower is at the end, districtjudge timothy king told maurice robinson that he'd peppering the coast, but breezy with be remaining in custody more cloud across the southwest and until his next court appearance more cloud across the southwest and at the old bailey in london more spots of rain, so less cold, on the 25th of november. and the further north, you can see the home secretary, secretary priti patel. the blue hue indicating a frost. a mps were warned that this would be a long investigation. cold start on tuesday for many, plenty of sunshine through central thank you, mr speaker. and northern areas, more clout the organised criminals who drive through the south, outbreaks of rain this practice are dynamic, pushing into south wales as well. they are unscru pable and highly adaptable. but failing to confront them temperatures, 12—13 in the comes with a terrible, south—west, but a cold day for all, terrible human cost. we must be ruthless 9-11 south—west, but a cold day for all, 9—11 further north. rain will push further northwards and eastwards, now in our response. and by thursday, cloudy skies, but milder. 0ne focus now is on dublin, hello, this is bbc news. where a man is being held the headlines... in separate charges. a blue lorry has been seized. the ice to the right, 299. the noes in vietnam, the families of people who may been among those
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to the left, 17. —— the eye back to inside the container are urging british investigators to end their agony and identify the right. mps vote against the government's proposal to hold a general the victims as soon as possible. election on december 12th. 0ur correspondentjonathan head is in the district of yen thanh, but the prime minister says he'll now present where many of those who died a new short bill tomorrow — are believed to have come from, for a pre—christmas poll — and has spoken to some of which wouldn't need a majority of two thirds. the families still waiting for news. the driver of the lorry in which 39 in a vietnamese front room, people died appears in court charged with their manslaughter. a family enduring an agonising wait. the head of instagram tells the bbc it's ten days since they last heard the suicide of 14—year—old molly russell has changed from their 26—year—old son. silicon valley — but has it? campaigners call on the government to extend how long women can "a month ago i heard him store their frozen eggs — saying the ten year limit talking of a business idea breaches human rights. "with a friend," says his father. "but he never asked for money, so i didn't think he "was going overseas." "he called us several times after arriving in germany", back to our top story — explained his uncle. and borisjohnson is to try again tomorrow for a pre—christmas "but not in the past ten days." election after mps rejected his plans for the third time. they began to hear news that something had gone terribly wrong. it came after he failed to secure the necessary support of two—thirds of mps under then the police came, asking
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for samples of fingernails and hair. the fixed terms parliament act. the awful possibility so what might happen that he was inside the container if there is an election? is beginning to hit home this is the poll of polls from the research for this family. organisation britain elects — his mother pleads for the british it's an average out authorities to be quick. all the recent polls from the major polling companies. it puts the conservatives on 31 percent and labour on 25 percent. the lib dems, meanwhile, are polling at 18 percent, the brexit party on 11 percent and the greens on 4 percent. "please help us, and find my son", she says. most of the victims are thought i'm joined now by chris hopkins — to come from this part of vietnam. he's the head of politics there are many other families here caught in the same misery at pollsters comres. .. of not knowing for sure. thank at pollsters comres... you for being with us.. befo it's been said that it's poverty driving young people to leave we thank you for being with us.. before we get to the polling, when you here and go overseas, but that's not quite true. much of vietnam is poor, think there will be an election? but here they've seen just how well we get to the polling, when you think there will be an election7m seems like there will be one in you can do after only a few years december. all the still has to pass living in britain. several polymers to hurdles. if the they've seen the new houses and the shiny cars, and it's that government brings his bill for that's inducing the bright tomorrow, through both houses, it and ambitious young people to make thatjourney west. can be amended. —— several probably terry
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the labour party could try and amended and wrecked the bail. either it's a journey this man made more than ten years ago. cutting open the tarpaulin of a fruit and vegetable lorry, way we will be looking at an he says, to smuggle himself into britain. election soon but that is not a his stay was not a success. recruited to work on a farm growing great prediction. laughter. ithink marijuana, he was arrested, irrespective my brexit, which seems to be one the of major rationale for spent seven months in prison, the government seeking an election, and then deported. they still have no majority. even if yet even now he says he longs to go if drugs it was irrelevant, they would have a majority to pass back with his family. anything in the house of commons. —— if brexit was irrelevant. if you there is an unexpected bond know what cooperation the government between britain and this quiet part of rural vietnam. get from the lib dems and the snp and labour party. they say they want 0ne forged by dreams of better to three days earlier. what do you think of that logic and why are they lives, and now, by tragedy. pushing for that? seems to be that the amount of days that is needed foran the amount of days that is needed for an election to take place seems the headlines on bbc news... to be the ninth is the earliest they borisjohnson says he'll continue can have it so the government cannot to push for a general election then bring back their withdrawal on the 12th of december after the agreement bail. and try and force commons rejected his plan tonight. that there before there is an election. that seems to be the the driver of the lorry in which logic. it will mean the house will 39 people died appears in court prorogue likely this week and
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charged with their manslaughter. dissolve next week. ahead of the the head of instagram tells the bbc december vote. let's talk about who the suicide of 14—year—old one that election if and when he molly russell has changed comes. what is your prediction? six silicon valley — but has it? points for the tories isn't the greatest lead. we have about a four sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin. point lead for the conservatives. we a poll out recently. i think that what we saw in 2017 was the hello, gavin. aye, ben. campaigns can change things massively. theresa may had a huge lead among some posters going into we begin the countdown 2017. that has slowly with it away. to england's rugby world cup final, and it won't be the only time we'll then there was the domestic policy be looking forward to the match against south africa on saturday, that was released and very in the company of eddiejones. unpopular. her lead almost england's head coach is known for his mind games, com pletely unpopular. her lead almost completely fell apart. despite this even an incendiary comment or two. but apart from indulging election that seems to be on the himself with a little dig at his welsh counterpart, horizon, supposedly going to be jones actually kept it pretty about brexit i think there will be straight today in toyko. 0ur sports correspondent so many more issues in this election andy swiss is there. for england and south africa, the build—up to the world cup final is and things can change massively under way. so the figure spent the between now and whenever the vote day recuperating after their is. doesn't brexit make it hard—fought day recuperating after their hard —fought win over wales, day recuperating after their particularly complicated in terms of hard—fought win over wales, but we have heard from the england head
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coach eddiejones. tactical voting in the large number have heard from the england head coach eddie jones. england have heard from the england head coach eddiejones. england are the favourites to lift the world cup of constituents around the country? absolutely. the lib dems are a prime after their superb victory over new example of this. in the sense that zealand in the semifinals, butjones we know that in every campaign come says there can be no room every general election campaign, their national message isn't as complacency against the power of the important as their ground gave us springboks. they really are doing and local way. the only really worried they can be up for winning a lot more seats this time around compared you know, they won a to the previous few elections. how their resources are spread remains to be seen. from labour or the tories? both. they can turn the conservative party in the labour party at the last election were taking 40% of the vote each and now the conservatives are just about on 30%, labour backed down a 25%. they will lose those votes to the liberal democrats. and what would traditionally be have a conservative labour marginal, lucas can see the lib dems coming from third to take a seat. the brexit party although they
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might not take many seats, their current polling has them being in the low teens. they might take enough votes away from the conservative party. how ward will borisjohnson to conservative party. how ward will boris johnson to be? conservative party. how ward will borisjohnson to be? he has done everything to nullify that brexit party. that's how worried he had done everything to nullify that brexit party. —— how worried will. is that still a real danger for him? absolutely. we sought in 2050 when ukip took 12% of the vote. they were taking enough votes off of the conservative party in some seats to make sure that they wouldn't win. i think it will be really interesting to see how the nigel farage approaches the selection, if he calls borisjohnson a charlatan and a liarand had calls borisjohnson a charlatan and a liar and had been stuck to his door die we and that could really resonate with voters and with a lot of lead voters that might vote conservative but my go to the brexit party. alternatively, if he steps back a little bit and allows conservative prime minister, who clearly wa nt conservative prime minister, who clearly want to leave the european
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union, to have a bit more of a free reign to do that then the conservatives could end up doing better than expected when it comes to holding on that vote they could potentially haemorrhage. get to talk to you. thank you forjoining us. —— good to talk to you. fertility experts say there is no scientific reason for the 10—year limit on storage of frozen eggs — which is forcing some women to destroy them before they are ready to become parents. under uk law, only eggs stored for medical reasons and premature infertility can be kept for longer. the regulator says any change would be a matter for parliament. kylie baldwin is part of the group of academics and law professionals behind the campaign to extend the current limit. thank you for being with us. tell us then at your reasons, why do you wa nt to then at your reasons, why do you want to extend that limit? as you already identified, there is no scientific rationale behind the
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limit as it currently stands. it is rating equitable decisions between them for medical reasons, having to frozen them for up to 55 years compared to women who freeze their eggs for social reason who potentially see those x destroyed after ten. it is and inequitable situation we want to address. and changing of the law to allow them more time then they need to create a family that they might want and have long for and have pursued by freezing the eggs in the hope that as they they can build their family and the way they wanted and not have the opportunity get cut short by an ambiguous and un—scientifically found a law will stop why did the ten year limit, why was that originally enshrined in law? the technology by freezing compared to his new quite the limit compared to some other technologies that have been around. the results that are being seen from egg freezing was historically quite low and they are
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increasing. it was really a conservativeness in the original decision around that lot to be careful because at the time, there was a lack of understanding and confidence about how vigorous those eggs may be in the future once they are defrosted. but there's been a lot of studies show now that the eggs, the sperm, embryos they can be kept for many decades with no deterioration in those qualities. in early conservative precaution that just really isn't necessary. and your view, how long should the limit be? 0r your view, how long should the limit be? or should there be any limit? maybe women who freeze x for medical reasons can apply for a ten year extensions up to the age of 55. the doesn't seem to be any good reason why this can't be possible for a woman to freeze their eggs for social reasons. wanted to see consistency. up to 55 years ago to
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be. what is the effect of this tent you're limiting your opinion? how much effect is a havoc on women and what is forcing to do? it is terribly damaging. for some of the women who are present eggs, many thousands of pounds they have spent in some cases, tens of thousands of pounds, freezing the exit potentially to have in the future only to become to the ten year time limitand only to become to the ten year time limit and having to make ress decisions about what they would do with the eggs and whether they will see them destroyed or use a donor. facing difficult decisions about supporting the eggs overseas. it is all very costly and very emotionally my emotional and very time—consuming for these women. 0ne my emotional and very time—consuming for these women. one of the other issues, not just for these women. one of the other issues, notjust women for these women. one of the other issues, not just women freezing the x currently you are being expressing difficult issues with this ten year time limit. but women who were considering freezing there eggs. este law currently stands, the potential to act in a quite a
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perverse way putting women offer freezing there eggs when they are saying in their early 30s because of the fear the eggs would have to be destroyed by the time they reach the early 405. which really one they would want to use them the most. instead, women can be placed towards freezing those egg5 when the qualities have declined, because they need to have enough time within they need to have enough time within the next ten years the use of the eggs, so it is causing women to freeze those egg5 eggs, so it is causing women to freeze those eggs that are less optional time so really promoting poor clinical practice because by freezing the eggs in the late 305, early 405, those embryos will be poorer quality than done in their early 305. so that is one of the reasons why they want to see a change of these regulations. thank you very much forjoining u5. surgeons have called on the government to close a loophole which they say leaves cosmetic surgery patients at risk. patients of so called fly—in fly—out
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surgeons say they have had serious complications and have been unable to pursue doctors because they have left the country. lucy adams reports. catherine works as a hairdresser in thornton in fife. in 2010, she decided to get surgery to reshape her nose. what followed was four operations, none of which gave her the results she wanted. by the end of the process she had to visit a specialist in london to repair the damage. they said that my nose was like someone who'd been in a bad car crash, and that they had to rebuild it using part of my ribs. they also used some liquid from my scalp to rebuild the nose. this is the surgeon who performed the first four operations, italian antonio 0ttaviani. catherine booked him through this uk company, transform. catherine chose to get her operation done in the uk because she thought
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it would be much safer. what she didn't know was that her surgeon was what's come to be known as fly in, fly out. transform told the bbc catherine's care was not what they would expect, and that they had funded her revision surgeries and expenses. mr 0ttaviani said he couldn't comment on individual cases and insisted he had been available to catherine when asked by transform. mr 0ttaviani still owes catherine compensation he agreed to pay. so i wanted to ask him why he hadn't done what he said he would. mr 0ttaviani? i wanted to know why, why you haven't paid catherine roan, mr 0ttaviani? why have you not paid catherine roan? i just want to ask that. would you apologise to her now? no, sorry, i don't want to speak to you. she wants to know why you haven't apologised. i don't want to speak with you, sorry. or why whether your after—care was good enough, mr 0ttaviani. he's just walked away and just
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continuing doing other people's operations, like he's done nothing wrong. lucy adams, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... borisjohnson says he'll continue to push for a general election on the 12th of december — after the commons rejected his plan tonight. the driver of the lorry in which 39 people died appears in court charged with their manslaughter. the head of instagram tells the bbc the suicide of 14 —year—old molly russell has changed silicon valley — but has it? the head of instagram has told bbc news that the death of the british teenager molly russell has changed the way silicon valley deals with posts showing people how to hurt themselves or even suicide. molly was 14 when she took her own life after viewing graphic content on instagram.
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instagram's boss says the platform will extend its ban on such images to include drawings and cartoons. but he admits harmful content still remains on the platform. you may find some of the material in angus crawford's report upsetting. she went to bed the night before we found her, dead the next morning. talking to america. coast—to—coast on breakfast tv, with other parents bereaved by suicide. ian russell has a message about big tech and its duty to protect children. it's not right. why? because the kind of graphic material molly saw on instagram, though more difficult to find, is still there. that and the dark depressing videos, pictures and even cartoons. ian's campaign, molly's story, forced instagram to change. he simply wants them to keep their promise. moving forward, actually, we are going to change our policy
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to not allow any graphic images of self—harm. that is instagram headquarters, and ian russell said has he'd love to get inside to meet staff and senior managers. the leadership of the company want to meet him too, but until the inquest into the death of molly is complete that is just not legally possible. i'm holding you to your words of eight months ago, "we will remove graphic images of self—harm." it's still there though. feels to me like you've failed. we do remove more than twice as much content related to self—harm and suicide as we did, before we made these changes. we find roughly three—quarters of it that gets taken down proactively before anybody reports it, but there is very clearly still work to do. this work never ends. that's one side of the picture. i think there's another side which is possibly equally disturbing — the dark, the sad, the depressing, the endlessly relentlessly miserable material. what we announced in february was content that was graphic images of self—harm were no longer allowed.
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we've expanded that to include images of methods and materials used in self—harm. that is a significant step forward. i am proud of that step forward. it will take time to implement fully throughout the product. but it's also not going to be the last step that we take. molly looked up things on the internet. ian's hope, that social media becomes a safer place for all young people, like this group, who lost a friend to suicide. i think it's bad when people use it in the wrong way, and use it for cyber bullying, when that's not what it's for. ijust don't really want to be a part of it. i don't want to risk anything. you can do something when you're about 12 on social media and it can ruin yourentire life. it's really only bad if you use it in the wrong way. molly's death, and more specifically, the work that her parents have done
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in the wake of that tragedy, which i honestly can't begin to imagine what they have gone through, i have children of my own. but the work they have done has raised an immense amount amount of awareness on an important issue for me personally, for instagram more broadly, but also for the industry. it has translated into a lot of concrete changes, changes in policies, changes to what shows up where on instagram. more investment in finding people who might be at risk. and those effects are real and they are important. so her legacy may be to make social media a safer place? i would deeply hope so. absolutely sounds sincere. just hope he delivers. there is a pressure of time, there is a pressure of time and the price is the price of children's lives. lives like molly russell's.
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cut short, far too soon. angus crawford, bbc news. christine elgersma is the senior editor of parent education at common sense media, the us's largest charity dealing with child safety online. i'm not sure if you could hear that report, but instagram basically saying that they have double the amount of images they have taken off of their platform, are you satisfied with the work they have done on this? frankly, no. i am glad that some efforts are being made to take that sort of material off of the platform, but i believe that the social media platforms are so large, that we are relying predominately on algorithms, whichjust that we are relying predominately on algorithms, which just cannot do the job. and so we need some kind of an outside regulation to help this process. do you think, sell
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policing, self—regulation doesn't work? not necessarily because there isn't a will there, but that there just isn't the technology? yes. i think if humans were going through every piece of content that was uploaded, we would have a better shot at this. but with the volume of users on that platform and the ways that people can use hashtags and creative spellings, i don't see every piece of content being taken down. how damaging any of you is this kind of material?|j down. how damaging any of you is this kind of material? i think especially for vulnerable kids, what kid hasn't gone through a vulnerable time, especially in their teenage yea rs, time, especially in their teenage years, who fall into a kind of rabbit hole online of this kind of content. i think it can be very damaging. for some kids, content. i think it can be very damaging. forsome kids, not so much. but for others, very damaging
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indeed. you say you want regulation, some people would say how do you regulate these companies. how do you regulate these companies. how do you regulate instagram for example? how do you make that work? that is the million—dollar question. 0r do you make that work? that is the million—dollar question. or maybe the dollar question. i'm not sure i have the answer to that. —— billion dollar question. what i hope is that some kind of regulation comes into play in that new platforms that are being developed now cannot learn from these mistakes. now that we have more awareness of the impact that these platforms can have on young people, perhaps we can start to bail platforms where kids well—being is at the centre of the development before it is too late. and too hard to regulate. as a number of companies, platforms we are talking about instagram in this example, but there are others, aren't there, that everybody has
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concerns about? yes. i think any social media platform that becomes very large and has kids interacting with adults, and just grows so huge that the content really cannot be regulated in a satisfactory way for kids safety, then there is a problem. very good to talk to you. thank you forjoining us. it's called ‘dark energy‘— the force which is causing the universe to expand at an ever—increasing rate — and it makes up most of the cosmos. but scientists have no idea what it actually is. now, a huge telescope in arizona is about to start measuring the movements of 35 million galaxies, scanning five thousand every 20 minutes. it's hoped it'll help researchers understand dark energy —
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and how it's affecting the universe. 0ur science correspondent pallab ghosh has more. this telescope in arizona is about to begin the most detailed observation of the universe ever carried out of an invisible force that dominates our universe. what we see here on earth and in the stars and galaxies are made of atoms — that accounts for just 5% of the universe. the rest is mostly dark energy. it is just embarrassing to live in a universe where we only understand 5% of it, wouldn't you agree? i mean, how could we live in a universe knowing only 5% and not knowing about the other 95%? this is human curiosity. the nature of that dark energy, what is it, may well lead to a whole revolution in the whole of physics. in order to understand what this force is, we have to go back all the way back to the beginning of the universe. after the big bang, according to the current theory, the expansion of the universe ought to be slowing down and eventually
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collapsing back in on itself, under pressure of gravity. but instead, the galaxies are flying apart faster than ever. scientists call the force behind this expansion dark energy. they haven't got a clue what it is. this telescope will track the position and acceleration of 35 million galaxies. inside are 5000 optical fibres, each one is a mini telescope trained on a galaxy. they are able to swivel round to focus on another set of targets. by measuring the exact rate of expansion, astronomers will be able to tell which theory of dark energy is correct. one of them is this idea that we are not the only universe, that there is a multi—verse out there. of many different universes with different properties. and dark energy may be something that is leaking from these other universes into ours, through the different dimensions and driving this expansion
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of galaxies in our universe. these are pictures of real galaxies, hurtling apart. images from the new instrument will be much sharper, and transform our understanding of how the universe works. pallab ghosh, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. hello there. apart from hazy sunshine across other parts of the country, a few showers between northern coast, a fine day, plenty of crisp autumn sunshine. the next few days, similar story. of crisp autumn sunshine. the next few days, similarstory. high pressure, mainly dry, what some sunshine but it will be cold. here is our area of high pressure which brought the fine weather too many parts of the country. the weather fronts associated with this low— pressure fronts associated with this low—pressure system continue to very slowly make inroads northwards introducing more cloud here and
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patchy rain as well to the channel islands it to the southwest of england. perhaps into south wales. still wanted to showers peppering northern coast, brought on by the northeast breeze but for most, a cold and clear night, central northern and western areas and another widespread frost and a little bit mystified around which will attend a clear quite quickly and tuesday looks pretty similar to how monday looked with plenty of sunshine. still a few showers affect the northern and eastern coasts, across scotland and for the southwest it was a pretty cloudy with some rain. what every breeze here. it will feel quite chilly because of that strengthening e sweetly when heading through tuesday night, looks like the cloud and patchy rain spread a little bit further in northwards. across the north of the uk, and the dry clear cold night, again with widespread frost but less cold in the south. high pressure now placing over towards the near continent as we
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head through wednesday, allowing this low—pressure and weather fronts to advance a little bit further northwards and eastwards, so it could be that many parts of well central and southern england will see cloud, hazy sunshine for the north, also turning what terry and windy here for parts of northern ireland, and wales in the southwest. the rest of the sunshine, dry weather across scotland in far north of england, and in the chilly day, 14 maybe 15 degrees in the southwest and signs of mild air moving in for and signs of mild air moving in for a subheading is high pressure retreating into the continent allowing low—pressure to take over which is cloud under weatherfronts across much of the uk. the modern airwas across much of the uk. the modern air was slowly encroaching across the country although still quite cool the country although still quite cool. more noticeable across england and wales unloaded this week turning wetter at times with the mild air
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and by thursday, cloudy skies, but milder. hello, i'm ros atkins.
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this is outside source. borisjohnson has failed in one attempt to get a december election. but if at first you don't succeed... the government will give notice of presentation of a short bill for an election in december the 12, to get brexit done. yes, that's right, having rejected inaan yes, that's right, having rejected in a an election in december the 12th, they are going to vote on election in december the 12th. we report on how that works. and the deadline switches
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