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this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 8pm: nigel farage calls on borisjohnson to join forces for the election, but borisjohnson says there'll be no deal. any other party, voting for any other party, it risks putting jeremy corbyn into numberio. a man faces extradition from ireland as part of the investigation into the deaths of 39 migrants in a lorry in essex. the england team is preparing for tomorrow's big match. will they lift the rugby world cup trophy for the first time since 2003? the queen has wished england's rugby team the very best for a "memorable and successful" match tomorrow.
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what are you doing? giving them their money's worth. with that not damage the balloon? perhaps. coming up, felicityjones is reunited with eddie redmayne in the aeronauts. find out what mark kermode thinks of that and the rest of the week's top releases in the film review. the leader of the brexit party, nigel farage, has called on borisjohnson to ditch his withdrawal agreement with the european union and form an alliance with his party in the upcoming general election. speaking at his campaign launch, he said he'd field a candidate in every seat in britain if the prime minister didn't drop his brexit plans, which he described as a "sell—out".
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today, mrjohnson said in an interview with the bbc that doing deals with other parties would putjeremy corbyn into number10. more on that shortly, but first, here'sjohn pienaar. the biggest grin in politics, but what's he got to smile about? nigel farage's party is trailing in the polls, but still grabbing tory votes. so his ultimatum to borisjohnson today — drop your deal, leave the brexit party to fight labour in many leave—voting areas or we'll take on tories across the country. there are around about 150 seats in this country that are labour—held constituencies that the conservative party have never, ever won in their history. that i think is how a deal of this kind would work, a nonaggression pact of this kind would work, and i think it would be to our advantage, to their advantage, but most importantly to brexit‘s advantage. so, an offer of friendship with a hint of menace,
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but what if all he does is split the brexit vote, help remainers win and parties wanting another referendum ? you say that you are now the only party fighting for a real brexit. but do you accept, if you are standing in every seat across the country, you're also risking brexit? if the conservative party stand on the basis of this new eu treaty, that is not brexit. in those circumstances, we'd be the only person standing saying we must leave the institutions of the european union. the brexit party wants a deal with the tories, maybe needs one to be able to win seats as well as votes. donald trump seems to think it's a good idea for what that's worth, but borisjohnson hasn't been tempted. so what would happen if the brexit party stood in seats across the country? what would that do to the outcome? take places like labour dagenham and rainham in essex. it's a tory target and voted leave. but labour could hold on here if brexiteers split. this issue splits families, like brothers jeff and john. i would vote conservative now again
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because ijust want to get it done. i think it's going on too long, whatever way you are, ijust think it's got to get done so we can get on with other things, rather than just keep talking about brexit. john, tell me what you're thinking. so, i'm thinking brexit. i think they need more vote. but i'm concerned the vote to brexit could dilute the votes to conservative. hazel, how are you going to vote in this election? labour. why's that? well, because i've always done it, always. my mum and dad done it, so i've always done it. i've never changed. i'm too old now to change, 85, nearly 86. of course, labour's just not relying on old habits. they're promising a better deal and another referendum. to the country as a whole, what we're saying is, whether you're remain or leave, there is a route through for you by voting labour. for the other parties,
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it's either one side or the other, it's very divisive. one of the things we want to do is try to reunify quite an angry country. the tories are telling voters their brexit will take the uk out, free to strike trade deals, set its own rules and standards. we'll have a choice of parties, a choice of parties, a choice of brexit or no brexit at all on polling day an influence as many perhaps, people just wanting to get it over with. john pienaar, bbc news, essex. the prime minister has rejected calls from nigel farage and donald trump to work with the brexit party. he said he wouldn't enter into electoral pacts, but that he was "always grateful for advice", wherever it comes from. the prime minister also suggested the us president was wrong to believe that a trade deal between the us and the uk would be difficult under his brexit deal. he was speaking to our political editor laura kuenssberg. are there any circumstances under which you might work with nigel farage? well, first of all, it's a great brexit,
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it's a proper brexit, it delivers exactly what we wanted, what i wanted, when i campaigned in 2016 to come out of the european union, it takes back control of our money, our borders, our laws, it enables us to do proper, all—singing, all—dancing free—trade deals. the difficulty about doing deals with any other party is that any other party simply risks...or voting for any other party simply risks putting jeremy corbyn into number 10. there are no circumstances under which you would work with nigel farage? i want to be very, very clear that voting for any other party than this government, this conservative government, this one—nation conservative government is basically tantamount to putting jeremy corbyn in. your mutualfriend, the president of the united states, thinks you should work with nigel farage. is he wrong? look, i'm always grateful for advice from wherever it comes and we have great relations, as you know, with the us and many other countries. but i'm just telling you,
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laura, what i think about the way to do this. president trump has also said that your brexit deal means that you can't really do a good deal with the americans. is he wrong about that as well? there's one thing he's right about, which is there's certainly no question of negotiating on the nhs, that is absolutely true and he's right about that. but on the technicalities of the deal, anybody who looks at it can see that the uk has full control, as one whole uk — england, scotland, wales and northern ireland — as one uk. he said, "you can't do it, you can't trade, we can't make a trade deal with the uk." so he's misunderstood it? i don't wish to comment on what he may or may not have... what i'm telling you is what everybody can see from the terms of the deal we did. if we can get it over the line with this election in the middle ofjanuary, then we'll have it done.
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why would anybody believe you on that when you have broken your promise already? we should have been out of the eu yesterday. you failed on that. i bitterly regret that we haven't come out, but on the other hand people said we wouldn't be able to get a new deal at all. in your first speech on downing street, you stood outside there and said "the buck stops here," and now this has gone wrong, you took your deal away from parliament, like taking your bat and ball away, now you're blaming them. well, with great respect, laura, i don't think that parliament were... i think that mps were never going to deliver that deal on that timetable, and they weren't going to... so why did you try, then? notjust by october the 31st, it was clear from what they did, they wouldn't have done it by christmas. they wouldn't have done it by january the 31st. their strategy was to keep rope—a—doping the government and then pushing the deadline on beyond january the 31st. it would've been totally miserable. would you rule out expanding the use of the private sector
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in the health service? look, we're putting £34 billion into the nhs, and that is taxpayers' money, and we are absolutely determined to continue to increase taxpayers' money... would you rule out expanding private sector involvement? look, of course, you know, there are dentists and optometrists and so on who are providers to the nhs, of course that's how it works, but we believe, i believe passionately in an nhs free at the point of use for everybody in this country, and if you ask me, is the nhs...? of course it isn't. do you worry this gamble of going to the country now might backfire for you, just as it did for theresa may? well, honestly, laura, we've just got no choice, and parliament is determined, this is a parliament that is basically full of mps who voted remain, and the overwhelming bulk of the mps in parliament voted remain, you know, i love them, they are a lot of my friends, but that's the way they are, they voted remain, and they will
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continue to block brexit if they're given a chance. there was no option for us. prime minister, thank you very much. thank you. and we'll be speaking with all the main party leaders over the course of the campaign here on bbc news. the first minister of scotland, nicola sturgeon, says she'll make a formal request for another independence referendum before christmas regardless of who becomes prime minister. the snp leader, campaigning today in edinburgh, said a vote for her party was a vote to escape brexit and a chance to put scotland's future into its own hands. meanwhile, boris johnson and jeremy corbyn have agreed to a head—to—head tv debate later this month. they'll meet on the 19th of november on itv. both leaders welcomed the debate on twitter, but the liberal democrats have criticised the two—party format.
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it's just under six weeks until the general election, and if you're unsure how to register to vote, you can find out how by visiting our website at bbc.co.uk/news or on the bbc news app. the home secretary has enjoyed a chorus of criticising a speculating columnist. mark little wrote that my choice of election day would be a day when muslims could not vote under pain of hail or anything. the editor says she perfectly disagrees with the peace and was usually upset by it. the home secretary —— the chancellor and former home secretary
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has said these words were not actionable. —— acceptable. essex police have begun proceedings to extradite a man from ireland, wanted over the deaths of 39 people, found dead in the back of a refrigerated lorry. they have said that all of the victims found in the lorry are vietnamese and they are also in touch with the vietnamese government. eamonn harrison appeared in court in dublin this morning. it comes as two other men have been arrested in vietnam as part of the investigation. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has more. eamonn harrison, the 22—year—old from county down in northern ireland, who appeared in court in dublin today on a european extradition warrant. detectives suspect he was the driver of this blue lorry cab which dropped off the refrigerated trailer in zeebrugge before the deadly trip across the channel. the trailer travelled from belgium
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unaccompanied on this cargo ship, the clementine, arriving in purfleet on the thames just east of london. essex police want to extradite eamonn harrison because by the time the trailer got to waterglade industrial estate, less than two miles away, 39 people were found dead inside it. police also want to talk to ronan hughes and his younger brother chris hughes. the trailer was rented in ronan‘s name. and the detective leading the investigation was in northern ireland today to make this direct appeal. ronan and christopher, hand yourselves in to the police service of northern ireland. we need you both to come forward and assist this investigation. in vietnam, the national broadcaster showed pictures of police launching an investigation there as two people were taken into custody on suspicion of people smuggling. what started with the discovery
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of 39 people dead in a refrigerated trailer here on an essex industrial estate has turned into an international investigation, with police looking into what seems to be a loosely—linked global network of criminal organisations smuggling people into the uk from halfway round the world. daniel sandford, bbc news, grays in essex. approaching 8:15 p:m.. the headlines on bbc news... nigel farage calls on borisjohnson tojoin forces in nigel farage calls on borisjohnson to join forces in the election but the prime minister says no deal. a man has been extradited in the investigation in the deaths of 39 people in a lorry in essex. police have confirmed all 39 or vietnamese nationals. the england team for
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prepares the big match tomorrow. will they lift the world cup trophy for the first time since 2003? sport and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's jane. is the most anticipated match in the sports's calendar. millions of people are expected to tune in, to watch england take on south africa in tomorrow's rugby world cup final injapan. thousands of england fans have made the journey to yokohama, it would be revenge for england the last time the two clubs met back in the 2007 final. for south africa, the 2007 final. for south africa, the squad is headed by the contract —— covet‘s first black captain. dan roan has the very latest, from tokyo. another tactical masterclass by eddiejones.
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it may be the eve of the world cup final, but england's head coach still found time to put some local school kids through their paces today. earlier, it was his captain taking instructions — this the squad's final training session before the biggest game of their lives. it's a good session, boys, it's good work. puts us in good stead for saturday, that. 0wen farrell's leadership‘s been crucial to his team's journey in japan. they've had much to celebrate during this campaign, but he told me the job's not yet complete. we know that, and we can'tjust expect to do the same as last week and the same to happen. we've got to figure out ways to put ourselves in the best place possible to perform. it's 16 years since one of the most cherished moments in english sporting history — jonny wilkinson's extra—time drop goal sealing victory over an australia side coached byjones to win the world cup for the first and only time. today, the hero of that triumph was helping england's kickers as they try to emulate the team of 2003, but he told me this current squad can handle the pressure.
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i see a difference in this team, to a degree, or certainly from some of the players, because i don't think they're like the way i was. i think they're not reclusive, i'm very introverted in that respect. i think they're going to deal with it in their own way. but england's opponents, south africa, also have great pedigree in this tournament, their iconic 1995 triumph on home soil uniting a nation. 2a years on, siya kolisi is the team's first black captain, a powerful symbol of a more representative team. i haven't seen support like this for our team in a very long time, you know, since 2007, and it's really special, and i don't think anyone outside south africa understands what this means to us. i've seen it, i've seen bits of it. i haven't seen all of it yet, and i know tomorrow's going to be more, more, more special for the country. 0rganisers have hailed asia's first world cup a towering success, but for the thousands of england fans descending onjapan, there's
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only one place to be tomorrow. we'd love to get tickets, we are going to try when we go to tokyo. we've got time, we arrive early in the morning, kick—off‘s around six o'clock, i think, local time, so hopefully we can get tickets. we've had requests to find tickets, but they're like gold dust. you wouldn't sell your tickets you've got? no way! how much do you need? how much do you want? go on. not a chance! if england do return home victorious, these are the kind of scenes that will greet them after a win that could change the players‘ lives and reinvigorate the sport. england will always look back fondly on theirjourney here injapan, having re—established themselves as a majorforce in the game, but now they stand on the brink of sporting immortality, their challenge — to finish on top of the rugby world once again. dan roan, bbc news, tokyo. the game they did not want to play at the rugby world cup. wells were beaten copperheads elite by a new
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zealand in 8/3—place playoff. the match was also the last in charge for warren gatland after 12 years as the head coach at wales where he turned the side's fortunes around. the head coach at wales where he turned the side's fortunes aroundlj really turned the side's fortunes around.” really hope what we have achieved in the last ten or 12 years, we feel that we have earned respect and put some respect back into wells as an international team. they continue the new coaches come in and continue to build on that. —— at wales. because we have done and have achieved within my heart if wales went back into the doldrums. granit xhaka has been left out of the match against wolverhampton tomorrow. in a statement, he said repeated threats to his wife and daughter had pushed him to the bowling point and he knew he had
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acted disrespectfully, he said he had been hurt deeply by comments made on social media and at matches. he also was left out of the midweek league cup tie against northampton. that is all the support for now but if you want to keep up—to—date with formula 1, go to the website with the second practice under way in austin for the american grand prix and louis ems and only have to finish in eighth place or above to superior the drivers championship. —— lewis hamilton. the man leading the contaminated blood inquiry, says some of the victims and their families are living in "grinding hardship" and is calling on the government to improve their financial support. sir brian langstaff was speaking on the final day of evidence from those who were directly affected by what's been described as the worst treatment disaster in the history of the nhs. around 3000 people died and tens of thousands were infected as a result of blood products carrying hiv and hepatitis c.
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0ur health editor hugh pym reports. he couldn't to do the things other children did. that was all taken away from him. we thought, "i wonder if we've all got it? i wonder if the baby's got it? would itjust be one of us? would malcolm die and i'd be left?" i was told i had about a year to live. i was told not to tell anybody. . . including, excuse me, including my family. they've told their stories, and some have left messages for those they've lost at this memorial which stands at the inquiry. a memorial to the victims, those infected with deadly viruses because of their nhs treatment — haemophiliacs and some who received blood transfusions. steve had hepatitis c. he came to the opening of the inquiry a year ago, but died a few months later. his widow, sue, has given evidence. like others, she's angry
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at the level of financial support for victims and the bereaved. there are a group of people who have been living and dying in poverty because of the state, actions of the state, who've been ignored for so long, who are now actually getting their voices heard, and the inquiry isn't taking away the financial misery. the chair of the inquiry repeated his call for more government financial assistance. an overall picture of relentless hardship for many. it's nowjust over a year ago since i wrote to the minister for the cabinet office calling for decisive action to be taken to alleviate this. a government spokesperson said there was a commitment to guarantee equal support across the uk, and campaigners would be consulted. since april, in this hearing room and at other centres around the uk, nearly 200 witnesses have given their often powerful and moving personal stories to the inquiry.
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the hearings will resume early next year, and in due course get to the doctors who administered the treatments, and eventually the senior civil servants and politicians who were in power at the time. those still living say that on behalf of relatives who have died, what matters above all is getting to the truth. hugh pym, bbc news. mps and peers say mental health legislation must be changed to stop what they call the "horrific" and inappropriate detention of young people with autism or learning disabilites. thejoint committee of human rights says conditions in mental health hospitals across england inflict "terrible suffering" on those who are detained and cause anguish to their families. 0ur education and family correspondent frankie mccamley reports. the only physical contactjeremy and his daughter bethany had was through a hatch in one treatment unit. she has autism and was placed in isolation 2a hours
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a day, seven days a week. she was made to stand at the other side of her room when her meals were being served. she has to sit on the floor, three members of staff come into the corridor outside, almost as if they're expecting beth to explode out of the door like a wild animal. at that point, the door is opened, the food is laid inside, and they shut the door again. bethany, who we can't fully identify, was doing well in an adolescent unit. when she turned 18, though, she had to move to a treatment centre for adults, where things turned from bad to worse. they placed her in a unit that has no autism provision whatsoever, and once again my daughter is locked up in a cell that does not even have a hatch, i cannot hold her hand. it's horrific. she's falling apart in there. the lack of human contact is
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damaging her already fragile state. she asked me if i could find her some dolls that smelt like real babies, that looked like real babies, because she's lonely. that broke my heart. completely broke my heart. today, a report from the joint committee on human rights says that seclusion and restraint is the horrific reality for too many young people with disabilities and autism who too often face inappropriate detention in brutal circumstances which inflict terrible suffering. the breaches that we heard about, whether from parents or from young people themselves who have been subject to detention, were appalling. the committee was really traumatised by the evidence that it heard. the inquiry is calling for urgent change to the system and an ovehaul of the care quality commission's inspection regime. the cqc says it's been implementing changes, but admits there's much more to be done. frankie mccamley, bbc news.
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it's almost here — the rugby world cup final — and two exeter chief players —— henry slade and luke cowan—dickie —— have been named in the england squad to face south africa tomorrow. three schools in cornwall teamed up with local musicians to release a song to celebrate their links to this historic day. andy birkett reports. # swing low, sweet chariot... the crown “— # swing low, sweet chariot... the crown —— song synonymous the rugby and sung in any review match. this is not just any song and sung in any review match. this is notjust any song or any group singing it. this group are singing it to celebrate not one but two former pupils who are in the england world cup squad. it isjust incredible knowing that that could be one of us and it is really inspirational. maybe i will play for england. that's the plan, is it?
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they have a dream like us and they have made that dream. # coming forward to carry me home. the great thing about cornwall as a community is everyone does get involved in these projects so it is fairly simple. cornwall is a rugby county and we are very proud of our cornish lassa have gone to the england team from houma background. so inspiring for the youth and all of cornwall is behind them. while some of the family have headed out to japan, luke's brother family have headed out to japan, lu ke's brother has family have headed out to japan, luke's brother has hisjob family have headed out to japan, luke's brother has his job to do tonight for the cornish pirates.” would love to be there. be amazing to watch in the final. if he comes back to japan as a world cup winner, how we go about that?” back to japan as a world cup winner, how we go about that? i will be over the moon. i'm so proud of it. lord knows... of course, luke and jack about the only famous connection this club has with the world cup. for england player was part of the
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committee that organised a virtual backin committee that organised a virtual back in 1987. how appropriate would it be on saturday morning if two boys, one from penzance and one from a new lynn were lift that famous trophy? coming for it to carry me home... cheering. fantastic. now it's time for a look at the weather. batten down the hatches, we've got an impending autumn gale and it has prompted the met office to issue a severe weather warning. we've got high winds expected across the southern parts of the uk on saturday. let's have a look at the big picture, this is the low pressure that is going to bring the nasty weather, the strongest of the wind will be confined to southern parts of the uk so other areas of the north won't be experiencing high winds. we have rain across northern ireland, scotland as well,
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hello, this is bbc news with lu kwesa burak. the headlines. nigel farage calls on borisjohnson tojoin forces for the nigel farage calls on borisjohnson to join forces for the election. but the prime minister says there will be no deal. a man faces extradition from ireland as part of the investigation into the deaths of 39 migrants ina investigation into the deaths of 39 migrants in a lorry in essex. the england team prepares for tomorrow's big match. will they lift the rugby world cup trophy for the first time since 2003? the queen has wished the tea m since 2003? the queen has wished the team the very best for a memorable and successful match tomorrow. what are you doing? will that not damage
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the integrity of the balloon was blue perhaps. coming up, felicity jones is reunited with her eddie redmayne. find out what mark kermode thinks of that and the rest of the week's top releases in the film review. borisjohnson has rejected nigel farage's offer to form a so—called leave alliance with the brexit party during the general election. he has told the bbc that the difficulty of doing deals with any other party is that it, in his own words, risks putting jeremy corbyn into number ten without an electoral pact, the brexit party says it will contest every seat in great britain. but could the brexit party really makes strong gains against the conservatives? and where does that leave the other major parties fighting for the remaining portion of the vote. chris curtis is a political research manager at u of,
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who had just surveyed more than 11,000 people about their voting intentions. now he explain how much support the brexit party appears to have secular earlier in the year towards the end of theresa may's premiership, we saw a big soup surgeons “— premiership, we saw a big soup surgeons —— surge for the bridget party, where they conservatives were taking loads and loads of votes scapula the brexit party deafly is a large potential threat to the conservatives. however, since boris johnson has come back to power, he has taken most of those votes back. if the brexit party surges again, it could be a big threat du johnson's chances of winning a general election, but as he's a democrat he stands, he's doing a good job of holding onto voters, and i predict... so what does this say about traditional characteristics of
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voting in terms of the leave versus remain intentions? how much is it affecting our choices at the polls? toa affecting our choices at the polls? to a very large extent. we see in the pulling a country which is divided into. when you ask the public what they the most important issue they think is facing the country, most sabre exit. —— most say brexit. the labour party are losing their remain voters to the lib dems, and the conservatives are leading their leaver voters to the brexit party. the way that those dynamics play out... and on the >> lisa: side, you have the remainders voting from dust leaving the labour. is boris johnson right in saying that going into an alliance, you are effectively letting jeremy corbyn into number
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ten? do the figures show that?” think that there is a threat. most seats in the country are conservative or labour, marginal seats. so the question is, which of those parties can hold onto most of those parties can hold onto most of those votes? so what we will see a lot of in this election campaign is a conservatives saying, if you vote for the brexit party here, it means labour is more likely to get more votes tha n labour is more likely to get more votes than the conservatives. and we will see the flip side, labour saying if you vote for the lib dems or green party, the conservatives will win and push for a brexit you don't like. there will be lots of m essa 9 es don't like. there will be lots of messages about taxes... that is the messages about taxes... that is the message both parties will be pushing in this campaign. how difficult is it for yourjob? very difficult. the key thing to remember is that polling is just a snapshot of where public opinion currently is. in
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political times that are as chaotic and undetectable as this, it is very ha rd to and undetectable as this, it is very hard to tell what's going to happen in the future. at one point this year, for different parties have led in the polls — brexit party, lib dems, conservatives, and the labour party have led in the polls. we've also seen academic research by the british election study showing there are more swing voters than ever before. more voters are willing to move between the parties. that level of unpredicted ability makes it hard for where we would and —— will end up for where we would and —— will end up in the campaign. the divided nation that i just up in the campaign. the divided nation that ijust mentioned. the air quality has been measured at 20 times worse than the levels deemed acceptable by the who. all
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construction work in the city has been halted for a week and diwali fireworks have been banned. deli's chief minister has called the city a gas chamber and says the increased pollution is due to crop burning from neighbouring states. delhi based journalist, ned donovan, explained to me a little earlier how affective the masks have been. the masks are certainly helping with vulnerable people who have been given them, but they are just a stopgap. they don't have any great impact, and ultimately these are still children walking around the streets that have air that is incredibly dangerous to them. this is an annual thing, isn't it? incredibly dangerous to them. this is an annualthing, isn't it? it is annual and has been getting worse. it is much worse this year, many of my indian friends have noticed it is visible. you can walk out into the street and see the smog around you, and you can taste it. it is annual but it is getting worse. so what has been done to try to fix the problem?
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the government has used measures that will limit its impact, but nothing that is really much of a lasting effect. they are introducing odd and even number plate rules, but if you have a car that ends on an even number, you can drive on one day, and an audit number on another day. but it does little to actually change the cause of it, which is mostly change the cause of it, which is m ostly fro m change the cause of it, which is mostly from agriculture combined with diwali fireworks, combined with general industry. so that is what is needed, root change. the problem with the smog began in the beginning of october, and there have been linked to the weather in the movements of monsoon season. i suppose it would be fair to say that the poorer residents of delhi are worse affected by this? of course. i have been my home and airfilter, and air purifier that is by my standards affordable for the health benefits it brings. but it can cost
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several hundred pounds. and if you area several hundred pounds. and if you are a poor resident in delhi, you don't have that access, you may not have a secure home, you are a very vulnerable person, it — i have one of these black masks that filters out most of the bad air, but you may not even be able to afford that. so you are not even be able to afford that. so you a re left not even be able to afford that. so you are left in a home with no protection from the elements, and you have to hope the government does something to help you. how much longer will this carry on, this season of the smog? as deli gets cooler and because we've had such a long monsoon and a lot more rain, and a very active do all puts a lot of fireworks and dust into the air —— diwali, it depends on how long crop burning goes on for in the weather. if there's a lot more wind and movement, then perhaps the dust and movement, then perhaps the dust and smog will move out. but it is not going any time immediately soon. quickly, with the farmers co—operate in trying to combat this problem? is this something that government would
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risk taking on? i'm sure many would, but most agriculture in india is very small, with individualfarmers controlling the very small area. so you don't get that same impact you would from a much larger farm you don't get that same impact you would from a much largerfarm in countries like the uk. ned donovan speaking to me earlier. whirlpool has been criticised for the time it's taken to deal with potentially dangerous tumble dryers that have been linked to a spate of fires. mps on the business select committee say it's disgraceful that some customers who've been the victims of fires have been made to sign non—disclosure agreements to get compensation from the company. 0ur personal finance correspondent simon gompertz reports. i've got some washing for you. caught up in the four—year process so far of whirlpool sorting out its danger dryers, steviejo from west london battled to get hers replaced then found even the replacement was one of the models at risk of catching fire. it's scary to think that they've taken so long
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to sort this problem out. eventually, after hounding them, i received a free—of—charge replacement. i checked online to make sure that it wasn't on the recall list, after all the hassle that i'd had. lo and behold, it was on the recall list. this has been the fear — a spate of fires like one in london's shepherd's bush, blamed on faulty dryers. the brands affected include hotpoint, indesit and swan. the company revealed to mps in the summer that up to 800,000 could still be in use. so i apologise to you... in their evidence, whirlpool said sorry to one customer they'd made sign a nondisclosure agreement, attempting to silence her in exchange for getting compensation. when it came to adding up the cost of everything, i felt like a criminal, like i were being questioned. gemma had had to get her baby and toddler out of the house when her dryer caught light. as i opened the door
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and saw the flames, i had to grab him and get out, and i had to get my son to help me grab my daughter out. i think it is absolutely appalling that whirlpool not only was responsible for fires in people's homes but then tried to stop them from speaking about it, because we all know that the most powerful thing in terms of getting those machines out of homes is others speaking about their experience, that is what encourages people to check their own machine. whirlpool told us... their factory near bristol is producing a new dryer 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. campaigners in bradford are calling for action to stop fireworks being let off in the city
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late at night. it's claimed the problem is making people's lives a misery and its not just confined to bonfire night or religious festivals. the police are warning people caught setting off fireworks that they could face a curfew. bbc look north's corinne wheatley sent us this report. this is not bonfire night, eid, or new year's eve. this was about midnight on a monday in bradford and it is this kind of behaviour — fireworks late at night in heavily residential areas — that has got lots of people feeling frustrated. it is claimed this is happening far too often, even 3—4 times a week, in some areas. for emma and herfamily, the disturbances became just too much to cope with. the sound is absolutely horrendous around terraced houses, itjust resonates all the way through and it is what i would think, i know this sounds extreme, but a war zone. because it is that loud.
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she moved out home she'd lived in for 30 years moved to another part of the city to escape the fireworks, usually connected to weddings or anti—social behaviour. i wasn't getting enough sleep, i was trying to work, i was having to get up at 5.30am in the morning, to take the dogs out, it was when the fireworks had just finished and the dogs had calmed down enough for me to take out but it was day to day living, the stress levels were immense and you did not dare go out of your house come dusk because there people were running up and down the streets, throwing fireworks at each other. and pressure is mounting for action on the issue, including in west bowling, where some residents claim they have seen a significant increase in fireworks over the last few years. it used to a be a one—off thing 5 november. nowadays, when we have a wedding, they are competing against each other, going off in a big way so it is getting silly, it's getting out of hand. and it is a nuisance
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overall, it is a pollution. all the community is fed up with it. it is against the law to let off fireworks after 11pm, except on key dates. 0ne campaign group says stricter enforcement is needed, but they are also appealing for people to be better neighbours. what we are saying is respect and consider your neighbourhood and don't explode them at an hour when it is going to be an inconvenience to everybody else, especially young children who are trying to sleep and elderly people are trying to sleep. bradford council says, following resident's concerns, it will run a review of excessive fireworks over the next six months. campaigners hope they will see this sight less often on the streets. corinne wheatley, bbc look north, bradford. the headlines on bbc news... nigel farage calls on borisjohnson to join forces for the election, but the prime minister says there'll be no deal. a man faces extradition from ireland as part of the investigation into the deaths of 39 migrants in a lorry in essex.
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police confirm all those who died are vietnamese nationals. the england team prepares for tomorrow's big match. will they lift the rugby world cup trophy for the first time since 2003? now on bbc news, it's time for the film review with jane hill and mark kermode. hello, and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. a very interesting mixed bag of this week.
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