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the terror suspect shot dead on london bridge has been named as 28—year—old usman khan, who was convicted in 2012 for terrorism offences and released from prison in december 2018. police are searching a property in staffordshire in central england, but say they are "not actively seeking anyone else". the victims who were killed were a man and woman. three other injured people remain in hospital — one patient is in a critical but stable condition. borisjohnson has described the deaths as "heartbreaking". the prime minister has said there will be an "enhanced" police presence on the streets of london. anti—government protesters in the iraqi capital, baghdad, have been celebrating the prime minister's announcement that he intends to resign. adel abdul—mahdi said he'd step down a day after the security forces killed dozens of demonstrators in various cities — including najaf and nassariya.
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the energy supplier is to cut up to 4.5 thousand jobs in the uk as part of restructuring plans to make the firm more profitable. three call centres could be closed. our economics correspondent has more details. sunderland, where workers used to be told that manufacturing was the past and call centres were the future. not any more. a few miles away, near the town of houghton—le—spring, 2500 call centre workers were among those told by npower today theirjobs were going. disappointment, but it's a shame, there's nothing else we can do. i'll take it one step at a time. i'm still going to do myjob, still going to do the best i can, and take it from there. it's a heavy blow for an area already reeling from bad economic news. the future does look bleak, to be honest. you've got tata, you've got british gas. for 2000 people to lose theirjob, what else
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is going to replace thatjob? where are they going to go? it's just another nail in the coffin in this area. it's one after another. my fear is what about nissan — that could be next, and if that happened this city would be dead. for people, you know, especially if they've got children and mortgages and things like that, it's absolutely terrible. npower has struggled to stop customers leaving and recently struggled to make a profit. it's an incredibly sad day and we can't play that down. npower has been a loss—making business for some time. the energy retail market in the uk is under considerable strain and it's absolutely critical that we take action to make sure we have a sustainable business for the future. that's why we're also saying to our employees that we're going to take all action we can to mitigate the impact of this announcement. competition in the industry is so intense some suppliers are now charging loss—making rates to win new customers. there are now 64 suppliers competing to bill you for your electricity, some of whom went bust last year. a record 20% of customers switched supplier last year. farfrom making big money
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ripping off consumers, the typical profit margin has dropped to just 3% and this year energy companies have come under even more pressure. the energy price cap that came in injanuary is meant to help millions of households pay less than they otherwise would for their energy. it has helped to hold down the cost of living. inflation is at a three year low, but it has also squeezed the income of energy companies like npower, who say they can't cover their costs. they say they can't afford to keep the lights on at centres like this if they are ever to make a profit. unions say the financial pressure on suppliers is now so intense the energy market is in real danger of collapse. if nothing is done, they warn, this won't be the last round ofjob losses in the power industry. andy verity, bbc news, houghton—le—spring. now on bbc news, our world. in 2007, the bbc filmed dog areas
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abandoned children, exposed tragic levels of neglect in mogilino, an institute for disabled children. click the film created an international outcry. as a result, with funding from the eu, the bulgarian government closed many of the country's larger institutes, replacing them with group homes that house up to 14 people. 0ver replacing them with group homes that house up to 14 people. over a quarter of i house up to 14 people. over a quarter ofi billion euros from the eu has been invested in these reforms. a shocking report has just been released by an organisation for disability rights revealing that while the new group homes are smaller and clean, some of the children and young people within them i still suffering shocking levels of neglect. i see the conditions here today. they are exactly what i witnessed in mogilino
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and to some extent they are worse. i have come back to bulgaria to investigate life inside the new system of small group homes in 2019. but first, i am on my way to see two boys who i first met in 2007. growing up in mogilino social care home, a large institute in a remote village. milan was abandoned as a baby and has been at mogilino for 1h yea rs. baby and has been at mogilino for 1h years. measure is his best friend. . it is laundry time and milan seems nervous. i can it is laundry time and milan seems nervous. i can see it is laundry time and milan seems nervous. i can see that they have both been hit. maria, my
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interpreter, is not with me so i cannot speak directly with the abuser. i tried to communicate without words but i know what is going on. asa as a result of our camera witnessing the appalling treatment of both milan and mischo, they were moved to a small group home where they have spent the last 13 years. milan.
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very well. milen wants to see didi? yeah. milen and mischo have been moved to a group home with a loving director who truly cares for them and who is 110w who truly cares for them and who is now their official guardian. this is a glorious home, a success of the new policy where they have had the chance to recover from life at mogilino. but i want to see how young people in other homes are faring. ata young people in other homes are faring. at a recent event at the un general assembly, bulgaria was identified as a model for reform. i
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have been invited tojoin in the team, disability rights international, for part of their tour around 2a group homes across bulgaria. they are documenting conditions for a rep on social care across the country. we visit five group homes together. in the first home in north bulgaria we filmed covertly in order to capture early images of what we are witnessing. ten young people live here across two floors and their lives are more or less confined to the boundaries of the home. medco is 16 years old. he is autistic. there is only one carer on duty and she is clearly struggling with mitko who gets aggressive.
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while small, this child is actually 15 years old. she lives just along the corridorfrom mitko. the children here are unlikely to be able to learn the skills to become independent. upstairs, two young people are sleeping. a child psychologist in sofia told the dri tea m psychologist in sofia told the dri team that sedation is used in many homes in place of care. later that day i was able to talk openly with mitko who agreed to be filmed.
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send their children away. the bulgarian government say they have created services to help parents look after their disabled children. today, there are around 300 small group homes. eu money has into building many of them. from the outside they can appear modern and pleasa nt outside they can appear modern and pleasant but it is the care within them that is far more important. at this home, i was able to film openly. this group home, built in 2016 is part of the steppingstone idea for those with disabilities becoming integrated into the community. there are 1a people living here but the youngest being sofia who is 1a years old. her only disability is that she is deaf. she is thrilled to find that one of the dri team can use sign language. none
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of the staff here have been trained to sign. can you communicate? with the people who live here? with you? so staff you cannot sign. she teaches people signs which... sofia has been trying to teach a boy to sign so that she at last will have someone sign so that she at last will have someone to talk to. sofia does not go to school. the staff tell us she is too disabled. i am amazed she has not become more institutionalised, trapped in silence with no—one seeming to make any effort to relieve her isolation. along the
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further along the corridor from the two angels is george's room. george lives in total isolation. his door is locked from the outside. george is locked from the outside. george is in his 30s. his diagnosis is simply epilepsy. he is naked most of the time, the staff say this is his choice. he does not speak. he has a party at the end of his bed. it is possible he will spend the rest of his life inside this room. being observed by staff through the glass window. how can this be the best
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help on offerfor a window. how can this be the best help on offer for a young, vulnerable man who may have many yea rs vulnerable man who may have many years ahead of him yet? george? it is very distressing to see such dire conditions in a relatively new system held up as an example of good practice. it is clear how fortunate milan and michaud are to be living in their home. mishka and sofia are struggling and clearly unsuitable homes. i want to catch up with someone homes. i want to catch up with someone else i met in mogilino, dd, who is milan's other friend at the institute. didi arrived mogilino
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back into thousand seven. like medco, dd is autistic. her mother found it more and like medco, dd is autistic. her motherfound it more and more difficult coping with her she sent herfar difficult coping with her she sent her far away so difficult coping with her she sent herfar away so she difficult coping with her she sent her far away so she could not find her far away so she could not find her way home. dd would cling to the belief that her mother would come and get her.
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but milan had been listening to the staff and he knew the truth. didi's mother never visited her at mogilino and dd never returned home. instead, after the film, she was moved to a special adult boarding school and i filmed with her in 2009. all the students stay here for three yea rs all the students stay here for three years to learn life skills, to prepare them for the outside world. today, i am visiting didi who has been moved to a remote small group
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it is heartbreaking to see didi. she was doing so well when i saw her eight years ago, making friends, working as a seamstress, contributing to society. now, isolated here, surrounded by old people, she has regressed completely. she is desperately thin and frantic and stutters as she talks. the institutionalised rocking
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that first appeared when she came to mogilino but disappeared in the boarding school is back. it feels a horrendous waste of life. each resident is given a lunchtime sedative to make them more manageable for the staff. do you think it is ok that you live here with old people? what i see is somebody who is misplaced in the environment she is in. she is in a home for people suffering with schizophrenia. but she does not have that diagnosis. you said that she had been waiting for around six months for a placement because she has already been here for eight years. when i
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see the way you are with didi, and didi said she loves you, the critic ca res didi said she loves you, the critic cares for you, she has an affinity with you because she can communicate with you because she can communicate with you. medco and sofia's direct as are in a similar position. they have no power to get more suitable placement for those in their care. milan and measure's home proves small homes can be wonderful nurturing places. but there is a reason for that. their director, who loves them as her own, as family.
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hello there. yesterday we saw the colder, sunnier weather arrived just about all parts of the country and more of that weather is to come through this weekend as well so mainly dry sunny and cold, some sharp frosts to start the days and for some of us, some fog patches around as well. if you are heading outside over the next few hours, dry, clear, cold weather. northern scotla nd dry, clear, cold weather. northern scotland with a few showers and in the south—west some patchy cloud keeping the frost at bay, and talking about frost, well, a cold start on saturday and maybe even the cold est start on saturday and maybe even the coldest night of the autumn with temperatures only saturday morning reaching about —10 in the highlands. and there will be some fog patches around as well, the greatest risk only about parts of the midlands into wales, some of those patches may well linger even into the early afternoon. away from that, plenty of sunshine and a few showers again for northern scotland and strengthening
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this is bbc world news. our top stories: the terror suspect shot dead on london bridge is named as 28—year—old usman khan. convicted 7 years ago for terrorism offences, he had been released from prison in december last year. the victims who were killed were a man and a woman. three others, injured in the attack, remain in hospital. growing pressure on malta's prime ministerjoseph muscat to resign — as police investigate the murder of a journalist. anti—government protesters in iraq celebrate as the prime minister announces he intends to quit. and rediscovered: a 42—page manuscript written by queen elizabeth i.
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