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their factory near bristol is producing every ten seconds to provide the safer replacements it's now obliged to offer. that's under the terms of the full product recall which the government imposed three months ago. simon gompertz, bbc news. before the weather, the duchess of sussex has been rolling up her sleeves in the kitchen. in footage posted on instagram, the duchess donned an apron as she helped celebrate the opening of new premises for a bakery for vulnerable women in north london. the luminary bakery featured in vogue when the duchess was made when a guest editor of the magazine's september edition. time for a look at the weather, here's tomasz schafernaker. no laughing matter, it will be pretty nasty over the next 2a hours, this is a warning from the met office of high winds and potentially
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disruptive winds across southern parts of the uk through the early hours of saturday and tomorrow afternoon and into the evening hours as well. this is the low pressure over the next 2a hours, barrelling gci’oss over the next 2a hours, barrelling across the uk, initially racing towards us then parking over us during the course of the weekend, yes, bringing wind and rain but also bringing some milder weather, and thatis bringing some milder weather, and that is already reaching southern and south—western parts of the uk, in fact here temperatures, given brightness, might nudge up to 16 degrees, but really most of us are stuck underneath the cloudy skies and rain will come and go through the course of this afternoon and into tonight. our eyes are cast to the west, south—west of us, this area just south of island where the centre of the low pressure is, and the winds blow fastest very close to the winds blow fastest very close to the centre of the low pressure, so initially i think the onset of the dales will be around the coast of cornwall, devon, at the river severn
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estuary, the south of wales. i think a very blustery for places like plymouth and cardiff in the morning, then through the afternoon those gales will spread to other parts further east as well. but at the same timei further east as well. but at the same time i want to point out that it is not windy in the north, winds really concentrated across southern parts of the uk, in exposed areas 70-80 parts of the uk, in exposed areas 70—80 mph, and even in some of the bigger cities up to 60 mph, strong enough to cause some tree damage, so if you are travelling in the afternoon or if you have got any plans in the evening, because it still will be blustery once the worst of the winds die down, still blustery into the evening hours, ta ke blustery into the evening hours, take it steady on the roads, and factor that in if you have any outdoor evening plans, daytime or evening plans. these are the temperatures, 13 in london, 12 degrees in scotland, i mention the low pressure is racing towards us, thenit low pressure is racing towards us, then it packs itself across the uk. here it is on sunday, it runs out of stea m here it is on sunday, it runs out of steam to an extent, so the winds wa nt to steam to an extent, so the winds want to be quite so strong blowing
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around it, but it will keep that very unsettled, changeable weather through the course of the weekend, so through the course of the weekend, soi through the course of the weekend, so i think we will call sunday a day of occasional sunny spells, but also a chance of catching a shower. as i say, not quite so blustery. once again, take it steady tomorrow, pretty nasty autumn winds on the way. a reminder of our top story: nigel farage says the brexit party will fight every seat in england, scotland and wales — unless boris johnson drops his deal with the eu. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. have a very good afternoon. good afternoon, it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news... you're watching bbc news, i'm olly foster at the bbc sport centre. wales have lost their bronze medal match at the rugby world cup.
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the match in tokyo this morning was for the two losing semi—finalists and new zealand were always on top, running in six tries for victory by a0 points to 17 the all blacks, three time champions, who were beaten by england last weeeknd, showed their intent from the off, with two early tries, beauden barrett with one of them. hallum amos went over for wales first score but 28—10 down at the break they were always playing catch up. new zealand never eased up, more tries followed and it was their head coach steve hansen who will be the happier as he leaves the post. warren gatland is also stepping down after 12 years in charge of wales . i really hope that what we have achieved in the last ten or 12 years that we have earned respect and put respect back into wales as an international team that they continue the new coaches come in and
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continue the new coaches come in and continue to build on that because i think what we've done and what we've achieved, it would break my heart if wales went back into the doldrums sort of thing. so, therejust one more match left to be played injapan, tomorrow's final in yokohama between england and south africa, a repeat of the 2007 final that the springboks won. jonny wilkinson played in that match, and of course landed that winning drop goal against australia four years earlier to claim england's only world cup win. he was at their final training session this morning, giving some kicking tips to skipper owen farrell. granit xhaka's been left out of the arsenal squad for their match against wolves over the weekend. he was left out in midweek in the league cup. he has tried to explain his behaviour playing for arsenal last weekend saying that repeated threats to his wife and daughter pushed him to "boiling point". the captain swore at fans after being sustituted
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during the gunner's 2—2 premier league draw with crystal palace. he says he reacted disrespectfully, but he had been "hurt deeply" by comments about his family on social media and at matches. england cricket's head coach chris silverwood has made a winning start in his new role. they beat new zealand by seven wickets in christchurch in the first t20 of their five match series. james vince scored his maiden interntaional t20 half century — 59 off 38 balls in what was the side's first meeting since the world cup final that england won in the summer. lewis hamilton should win a sixth formula one world title this weekend but says he can get even better. it's the us grand prix on sunday in austin. all he has to do is finish 8th to guarantee the title and that's if his only challenger, teamate valtterri bottas, takes the chequered flag. hamilton says a sixth f1 crown would be "unreal" but thinks he's still to reach the peak
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of his powers. now finally — this has been big news on social media — the former boxing world heavyweight champion tyson fury had a bit of fun as he made his wrestling debut last night. he made a grand entrance in wwe‘s crownjewel event in saudi arabia, and he won his fight against american braun strowman with a knockout punch. if you would believe that, you would believe anything. that's all the sport for now. lots more on the bbc sport website including a sacking in the championship. stoke have got rid of nathanjones after 9 months in charge, he leaves them in the relegation zone. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website and app. and all the rugby build—up to that final tomorrow. we will have more for your own afternoon live from the pm. more now on the general election. the brexit party has delivered a ultimatum to the conservatives
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to form a leave alliance and reject borisjohnson‘s deal with the european union or the party will stand candidates in every seat in england, wales and scotland. nigel farage said that leave—supporting labour mps were welcome tojoin, saying it's the only way to deliver a true brexit. i believe the only way to solve this is to build a leave alliance across this country. and that doesn't mean just conservatives and the brexit party. there are labour figures out there that i've spoken to who would more than happily stand in this election if we could put this coalition together. but if it was done, borisjohnson would win a very big majority. and on that manifesto, we really could get brexit done, in fact. to quote a friend of mine, we'd become an unstoppable force. i hope and pray that after 25 years of endeavour
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on my part, that this works. but if it doesn't, well, then the brexit party will be the only party standing in these elections that actually represents brexit. and if that's the situation, there are two things that we will do. the first is to make sure that every house in this land is informed as to what is in the treaty and what is in the political declaration, what the costs of this are, what the time implications are to make people truly understand the extent to which this is a sell out. and the second thing in those circumstances that we will do is we will contest every single seat in england, scotland and wales. indeed, if it hadn't been forjimmy goldsmith, the conservatives would never have
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made the pledge to have a referendum beforejoining the euro. if it hadn't been for ukip, there would have been no referendum on eu membership. and without the brexit party, we will never get a meaningful brexit done. we are determined to deliver brexit. we are equally determined, as you heard earlier on this morning, that politics cannotjust go back to the way that it was before. this country is crying out for genuine political reform and we will campaign on that. during this general election, too, because we really do want to change politics for good. and i know, inevitably, you will ask me about funding? well, i can tell you we have enough money right now for a fully funded election campaign, and by the look of the way money is coming in on our web site, we will have more than enough to fight this campaign. and to fight it well.
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now, of course, i'm open and flexible to local exceptions. and already we are in communication with a number of employees who are prepared to renounce the withdrawal agreement, to renounce the deal, and they themselves to stand on a ticket of a genuine free trade agreement or leave on wto terms. and, of course, in those cases where employees say this, —— in those cases where mps say this, we will view them as our friends and not as our enemies. and more interestingly, already we're being approached to put together informal arrangements on the ground — constituencies in which they may have a better chance of winning and we won't bother to campaign, but equally, constituencies in which we have got a better chance of winning and they won't campaign. that is already beginning to come together. nigel to come together. farage speaking a little earlier. police investigating the death of harry dunn say they have completed their investigation and handed over evidence to the crown prosecution service.
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officers from northampton police pursuing the case had travelled to the us to interview ms sacoolas. 19—year—old harry dunn was allegedly killed by anne sacoolas who is believed to have been driving on the wrong side of the road when she hit his motorbike outside a us military base. she later left the uk — claiming diplomatic immunity. a man has appeared in court in dublin in connection with the deaths of 39 people in a lorry in essex last month. meanwhile, two men have been arrested and charged with organising illegal emigration in vietnam. these developments come as essex police called on two brothers — wanted over the deaths — to hand themselves in. detective chief inspector daniel stoten said they had spoken to ronan hughes by telephone but needed to have a conversation with him and his brother christopher in person in order to progress the investigation. we are continuing to appeal for information into the whereabouts
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of ao—year—old ronan hughes and his 39—year—old brother, christopher hughes from armagh. they are wanted on suspicion of manslaughter and human trafficking. i would like to thank all of those communities from northern ireland and ireland, along with those in the in the road haulage and the shipping industries who have come forward to share information and knowledge with us. we know that you are as appalled as the rest of the world following the deaths of these people and we really appreciate your help. today, i want to make a direct appeal — ronan and christopher, hand yourselves in the police service
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yourselves in ti the police service of northern ireland. an investigation by bbc news arabic has found women being put up for sale online in kuwait as domestic workers. a un expert has described it as "an illegal online slave market". the investigation found that instagram — which is owned by facebook — along with apps available on google and apple — are being used to trade people without their knowledge or consent. one app user even offered to sell a 16—year—old girl to the bbc‘s undercover team. jess kelly reports. in the gulf, women employed as domestic workers are being sold online via apps approved and provided by google and apple. bbc news arabic went undercover in kuwait to expose this shocking and disturbing online trade. it's a trade made possible by silicon valley tech giants.
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if google, apple, facebook or any other company is promoting apps like these, hosting apps like these, they are promoting an online slave market. the bbc spoke to 57 users of an app called asale. it's available on google play and the apple app store. domestic workers are sold on asale alongside cars and tvs. the team found violations of domestic and international laws on modern slavery and human trafficking.
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most women have no idea they're being advertised for sale online. one app user tried to sell a child to our team. and another — a policeman — encouraged them to break kuwaiti laws. in the gulf, a domestic worker's visa is tied to their sponsor. they cannot quit theirjob or leave the country without their sponsor's permission. that's the problem with that kind of system is that the employer is thinking that they own already they worker, but it doesn't... the worker, but it doesn't... it shouldn't be the situation. kuwait has some of the strongest laws to protect domestic workers in the region. but apps like 4sale, instagram and, in saudi, haraj enable employers to sell the sponsorship of these workers for a profit.
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no legal action has been taken against the policeman or the woman who tried to sell us a child. they have both declined the bbc‘s request for comment. asale has now removed its domestic worker section. they gave us the following reply... kuwait's government did not comment further. facebook, which owns instagram, told us... but we found hundreds of posts on instagram using similar hashtags being used to sell domestic workers. apps in other countries are still
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offering domestic workers for sale. haraj, the commodity app used in saudi arabia, did not provide us with a statement. both google and apple told the bbc that this type of behaviour has no place on their application stores and that they are working with app developers to better prevent illegal activity like this on their platforms. jess kelly, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... the brexit party says it will fight every seat in england, scotland and wales — unless boris johnson drops his deal with the eu the chief coroner calls for tough new laws to tackle extremist propoganda in the wake of the london bridge attack. detectives have spoken by phone to one of the suspects wanted over the deaths of 39 people in a lorry in essex. mps have criticised the whirlpool company for the time it's taken to deal with potentially dangerous
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tumble dryers that have been linked to a spate of fires. the business select committee also said it was "disgraceful" that several customers who'd been the victim of fires had been made to sign non—disclosure agreements. whirlpool has urged those who own an affected dryer and have not yet had it replaced to contact them immediately. robertjervis—gibbons is the public affairs manager of electrical safety first — they're a charity that's work in the electrical industry, to reduce deaths and injuries caused by accidents. he told my colleague annita mcvey that manufacturers should have taken action earlier. the manufacturer doesn't actually know where a lot of the consumers are and we've been calling on the company since 2015 to issue a recall. so they've had four years to deal with this situation. but, unfortunately, they've only had like the last four months
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that they've been proactively looking for consumers. and that's because they issued a recall backjust in the summer. so there's been four years where they could have been doing far more on this particular issue, anita, but they've been only really been doing it for the last four months. how much do you think these ndas — nondisclosure agreements — the company has asked customers who've had fires with their tumble dryers to sign, how much has a lack of publicity around that perhaps contributed to the fact that people haven't been aware of the need to get their tumble dryers back to the company to get them fixed? yes. well, the alleged use of nondisclosure agreements is completely unacceptable and as a consumer charity, we need people to come forward to us and actually tell us about these problems. we need people to talk to each other when they have incidents in their home with tumble dryers and the use of nondisclosure agreements actually shuts down conversations and that is just not acceptable. so that has been part of the problem with the alleged use, annita, of these nondisclosure agreements.
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your own research there at the charity, i believe, robert, shows that customers believe when they buy an electrical appliance, that registering that appliance is a pretty inconvenient and time consuming process. and you want to see that change so that all electrical items are registered at the point of purchase. how far would that go, do you think, to avoiding this kind of issue? i think it would be very helpful if products and particularly white goods, which we all buy and we all have at home, if we were to register them at the point of sale, that would be a really good start and we need to have really a big conversation in this country about how we improve this situation because we all buy white goods. of course, when you used to go and buy a television years ago, your details would be passed on immediately for tv licensing, so the precedent is already there. but we obviously need consumers to sign up to that because often
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consumers can be a bit scared about giving their details. about giving their details and the reality is, retailers are a really big part of this solution. well—wishers have donated more than £75,000 to a chinese student who ended up in hospital after living on just 2 yuan a day — that's about 20 pence a day — for five years. 24—year—old wu huayan became seriously malnourished while struggling to study and support her sick brother who she had raised from a young age after the pair were orphaned. ms wu survived mainly on rice and chillies and weighed only 20 kilograms when she was admitted to hospital in the city of guiyang in october. her case has sparked outrage on chinese social media about the level of poverty in the country. the wreckage of a british submarine that vanished during the second world war has been found in the sea off malta. hms urge disappeared after setting sail in april 1942. there were more than a0 people on board — and its fate had remained
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unknown until now. tim allman has the story. deep beneath the waves of the mediterranean, a mystery nearly 80 years old is finally solved. schools of fish move through the rusting, corroded wreck of what's believed to be hms urge. still on deck, its giant gun, silent for so many years, standing guard over a metal grave. the wreck is in absolutely fantastic condition. it's sitting upright on the sea bed, very proud, in the direction that it was ordered to take on its way to alexandria. archive: a british submarine makes her way in to her depot ship — coming home to mother, as they call it. malta was a strategically important base for british submarines targeting german and italian shipping in the mediterranean. hms urge was part of the tenth submarine flotilla, known as the fighting tenth, a vital part of the
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allied war effort. on 27 april 1942, it left malta, ordered to set sail for the egyptian port of alexandria. but, just after leaving valletta, it is believed to have struck a mine. the submarine and its crew went down. all lives were lost. a ceremony is expected to take place next year, where this will be declared an official war grave. the heroes of hms urge honoured at last. tim allman, bbc news. a chinese province has shut all 32 of its glass attractions — including bridges, walkways and viewing decks — as safety checks are carried out. the attractions, in the hebei province, have been shut since march 2018, said state media cctv. the move had not previously been widely reported. china has seen a flurry of glass attractions spring up across the country,
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but there have been accidents and at least two deaths. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz. well, the weather is not very pleasant out there at the moment. very gray, drizzly, and tomorrow the weather potentially will turn quite nasty, stormy even across some southwestern parts of the uk. a warning from the met office. high winds are expected over the next 2a hours. this is the low pressure that's heading in our direction and it's actually southern parts of the uk that will get the worst of the winds. and with that also comes milder. and that milder air will spread way into scotland as well over the next day or so. now, at the moment, it's still pretty chilly here. some outbreaks of rain in the afternoon. you'll see outbreaks of rain also nudging again into wales and the southwest of england.
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but the central area here, maybe even a few glimmers of brightness, 15, 16 degrees. now, this is what we're watching and through tonight, watch this area to the south of ireland. that's the center of the low pressure system. very heavy rain curling into that low. and that's where the winds really racing around that area of low pressure. so reaching southwestern parts of england around about five, six o'clock in the morning, perhaps a little bit earlier than that. and this is where the worst of the gales will be felt first thing. so southern parts of wales and then into the south west of england and then spreading throughout the rest of southern britain into the southeast and east anglia as well as we go through the course of the afternoon. now, in terms of the gusts, speeds possibly in exposed coasts around hill, 70 to 80 miles an hour. inland in some of the bigger towns and cities, 60 miles an hour to now, that's strong enough to cause problems. so if you're traveling during the course of saturday, be prepared for some disruption, for some delays to transport that it
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could even be some some tree damage as well to the north. the wind will be a lot lighter across central scotland, northern ireland and northern. northern ireland and northern england. temperatures around 13 in london and 12 in glasgow. now, that low pressure that brings us the severe gales is still with us on saturday. but the winds will be a lot, lot lighter. there'll still be a bit of a breeze around. but in fact, this low pressure is going to, more than anything, just bring a lot of cloud, occasional showers, but also wanted but also one or two or two glimmers of brightness. so that sets really unsettled weather on the way. batten down.
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hello, you're watching afternoon live, i'm carrie gracie. today at 2. the brexit party says it will fight every seat in england, scotland and wales, unless boris johnson drops his deal with the eu. it is 1st november, and yes, we are still members of the european union. yet more broken promises, and indeed, a breakdown of trust and faith, notjust in politics, but actually in our entire democratic system. the chief coroner calls for tough new laws to tackle extremist propoganda, in the wake of the london bridge attack. a second man has appeared in court over the deaths of 39 people in a hurry and

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