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this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 10: the prime minister visits voters in tony blair's former constituency in the north—east of england, promising to repay the trust of those who'd broken the voting habits of generations. our country's now embarked on a wonderful adventure. we're going to recover our national self—confidence, our mojo, our self belief. and we're going to do things differently and better. shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell has confirmed he will not be part of labour's next shadow cabinet following the party's crushing election defeat. we'll all go now. the new leader will come in place, appoint their shadow cabinet. i won't be part of that shadow cabinet, you know, i've done my bit. we need to move on, at that stage, with that new leader.
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a british tourist is reported to have been shot dead during a suspected robbery outside a hotel in buenos aires, argentina. police in new zealand name the first victim of the white island eruption as krystal eve browitt, a 21—year—old australian. 15 deaths have been been confirmed following monday's eruption. tens of thousands of people have rallied again in rome, protesting against italy's far right league party. the protesters pack themselves so tightly into squares they've become known as the sardines. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, olivia utley, deputy leader writer at the sun, and sienna rodgers, editor of labourlist.
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good evening and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has visited the north—east of england to thank voters in traditional labour heartlands for backing his party. borisjohnson met with supporters in newly—conservative sedgefield, tony blair's former constituency. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, is coming under increasing pressure to resign with immediate effect after his party suffered its worst election results since the 1930s. our political correspondent iain watson reports. good morning. a prime minister is a familiar sight in these parts, though it's usually been a labour not a conservative one. so where better for borisjohnson to rub his opponent's nose in the election result than in tony blair's old stomping ground of sedgefield 7
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i know that people may have been breaking the voting habits of generations to vote for us. and i want the people of the north—east to know that we in the conservative party, and i, will repay your trust. so what issues will he have to focus on if he is to retain the trust of new supporters? i hope he does a good job, he's going to get brexit done and i hope he gets the nhs done and education and everything else he's promised. a mad hatter, really! that's how he comes across. but who knows, he might sort it out. jeremy corbyn was re—elected in islington but his party's so—called red wall of labour seats was damaged or demolished in parts of the midlands and the north of england. he says he will stay on until his successor is elected but his long—standing critics just want him to go. i don't think you can have the proper, deep reflection that we need to have under
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the leadership of a person who thinks that the programme is all right, that he worked really hard and that the only thing that was wrong was that the media did not like him and that the brexit message was wrong. when labour mps return to westminster next week they will be a much diminished group, nearly 60 fewer of them than after the 2017 general election. the party is now looking for a new leader and a new deputy leader, and whilejeremy corbyn has called for a period of reflection, in truth, battles are likely to rage over the reasons for labour's defeat. and today, one of the leading figures in the leadership has announced that he is withdrawing from the front line. the new leader will come in place, appoint their shadow cabinet. i won't be part of that shadow cabinet, i've done my bit. we need to move on at that stage with the new leader, and i think we will be in a position where we are learning lessons and listening to people. what was it? it was notjust brexit, i think there was a long history
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of maybe a0 years of neglect. next week, he will bring his brexit bill back to parliament, but for now, boris johnson is familiarising himself with territory that many thought would never go tory. iain watson, bbc news. a british tourist has been killed during an attempted robbery in the argentinian capital of buenos aires. our correspondent simonjones is with me. simon, what more do we know? according to argentinian media, this happened at about 11 o'clock this morning, a father and son were outside a luxury 5—star hotel in the waterfront area of the city. we can see a picture of the hotel. they we re see a picture of the hotel. they were approached by two men on a motorbike you were armed, some sort of scuffle broke out, the number to my british tourists refused to hand over any cash and it ended up with one of the british tourists, a 50—year—old man, being shot in the
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chest. he was raised to hospital but his life could not be saved. his son, 28, received a win to the thigh. he was taken to hospital but his injuries are not thought to be life—threatening. the authorities in buenos aires tell us they are continuing to hunt for the suspects. the foreign office in london say they are supporting the family involved after an incident in argentina, and they also say they are liaising with the authorities to understand what has happened. there will be concerned about travelling to argentina. what are the foreign office saving? —— what are the foreign office saying? the vast majority of trips go without any sort of incident but the foreign office warned that street crime is a problem and sometimes that can involve violence. we know in terms of the capital that robberies involving motor bikes happen from time to time, so the advice is to be cautious on the
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advice is to be cautious on the advice from the foreign office is if someone advice from the foreign office is if someone is approached in this way, to hand over any sort of cash and try not to resist. 0k. try not to resist. ok. thank you very much. simonjones is watching that story closely and we will update you when we get it. police have officially named the first victim of the white island volcano eruption in new zealand, as recovery efforts continue. krystal eve browitt was a 21—year—old australian who was visiting the island with her family. her father and sister are both in hospital with serious injuries. 15 deaths have been now been confirmed from monday's eruption while about 20 people are in intensive care with severe burns. phil mercer has more. police divers and their colleagues from the navy have been in the contaminated waters off white island and those seas have been contaminated by that volcanic eruption on monday. so, ash, chemicals in the water and when the divers have
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to come out of the water, they must be decontaminated. visibility is not good in the water. what they're looking for is a body. a body was seen in the sea 2a hours after the eruption. so, the authorities believe that there are two more victims that they need to retrieve. one of them is believed to be in the water. the other is still thought to be on the island. there will be no attempt to go back in to land on the island today, so the authorities are concentrating their efforts on the seas, looking for one of those last known victims. viewers on bbc one willjoin us shortly for a round—up of the day's news. before that, tens of thousands of people took to the streets of rome today in protest against italy s far—right league party. the protest movement called the sardines began last monthand
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has grown rapidly. our rome correspondent, mark lowen, reports. a month ago, this movement did not exist but within the last four weeks it has sprung up from a flash mob in northern italy to this, tens of thousands filling this square in rome, rising up against the far right party here, the league, led by matteo salvini, the former deputy prime minister. they call themselves the sardines because they have packed tightly into piazzas right across this country over the last four weeks. they are calling for respect for human rights, for welcoming migrants, a return to core values of democracy and they warn that the ghosts of italy's fascist past are returning. we want to demonstrate that we are here and the other half of italy is here, and we are not agreeing with what has been done in the last year. i do not like salvini. salvini, i think he represents a part of italians that did not wake up from fascism, and we are here to prove that some italians are.
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we are living in a deep and black age here in italy, so i think my work here is to stand up for everyone's right and this, i think, is everyone's main purpose today. looking out across the sea of sardines, what you do see are pictures of fish but what you do not see are political banners and flags because this movement wants to rise above traditional political parties, above italy's divided and polarised political system. what they are trying to do is to stop salvini winning an important regional election in northern italy next month which if he were to triumph in, could spark national elections which the polls say he could win. they believe the tide is turning against populism in this country and the sardines are riding it. a little earlier we spoke to analissa piras, an italian filmmaker and political
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observer, about the rapid rise of the so—called sardines movement. well, it is fascinating because it is so young, just one month, and it has managed to mobilise so many people everywhere in italy. the fact that in only one month it has managed to get to rome, to piazza san giovanni, this historic place where big protests gather, is quite extraordinary. what is also lovely is the jolliness and creativity of it. people are building their own sardines. it is very creative and festive. it is completely apolitical, but it is sending a very strong and serious message, i believe. it is a response to the kind of triumph in social media and new technology that the new populist fascist force represented by salvini has managed to do. this is the italian civic society that is saying no to those kind ofanti—immigration, racist, extremist views of matteo salvini.
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the prime minister celebrates his election victory with a visit to former labour heartlands in the north—east of england. boris johnson thanks supporters in tony blair's former seat of sedgefield. you have changed the political landscape. conservative
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party for the better. and you've changed the future of our country for the better. cheering nicola sturgeon celebrates her party's election success in scotland, saying the country is seeking a different future to the rest of the uk. rail passengers are urged to check train times ahead of major timetable changes rolling out tomorrow. kelvin and ot! a triumphant kelvin fletcher and oti mabuse raise the coveted glitterball trophy as this year's strictly come dancing comes to an end. good evening. the prime minister has visited the north—east of england to thank voters in traditional labour
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heartlands for backing his party. borisjohnson met with supporters in newly—conservative sedgefield, tony blair's former constituency. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, is coming under increasing pressure to resign with immediate effect after his party suffered its worst election results since the 1930s. our political correspondent, iain watson, reports. good morning. a prime minister is a familiar sight in these parts. though it has usually been a labour and not a conservative one. so where better for borisjohnson to rub his opponent s nose in the election result than in tony blair's old stomping ground of sedgefield ? i know that people may have been breaking the voting habits of generations to vote for us. and i want the people of the north—east to know that we in the conservative party and i will repay your trust. so what issues will he have to focus on if he is to retain the trust of new supporters?
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i hope he does a good job, he will get brexit done and i hope he gets the nhs done. education and everything else he has promised. mad hatter, really! that s how he comes across! but who knows, he might sort it out. jeremy corbyn was re—elected in islington but his party's so—called red wall of labour seats was damaged or demolished in parts of the midlands and the north of england. he says he will stay on until his successor is elected, but his long—standing critics just want him to go. i don't think you can have the proper, deep reflection that we need to have under a leadership of a person who thinks that the programme is all right, that he worked really hard and the only thing that was wrong was that the media did not like him and that the brexit message was wrong. when labour mps return here to westminster next week they will be a much diminished group — nearly 60 fewer of them than after the 2017 general election.
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the party is now looking for a new leader and a new deputy leader and whilejeremy corbyn has called for a period of reflection, in truth, battles are likely to rage over the reasons for labour's defeat. and today, one of the leading figures in the leadership has announced that he is withdrawing from the frontline. the new leader will come in place, appoint a shadow cabinet and i will not be part of the shadow cabinet, i have done my bit. we need to move on at that stage with that new leader and i think we will be in a position where we are learning lessons and listening to people. what was it? it was notjust brexit, there was a long history of maybe a0 years of neglect. next week he will bring his brexit bill back to parliament, but for now, boris johnson is familiarising himself with territory that many thought would never go tory. iain watson, bbc news. the first minister of scotland and snp leader, nicola sturgeon, has welcomed the party's
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new mps in dundee. the scottish national party won 48 of scotland's 59 seats in thursday's election. nicola sturgeon said the result showed scotland wanted "a different future" to the rest of the uk and that she would publish a paper next week outlining the case for another referendum on scottish independence. this was a watershed election. it couldn't really be clearer now that the majority in scotland want a very different future to that that has been chosen by much of the rest of the uk. scotland said no to borisjohnson and the tories, no to brexit and sent a very clear message that we want the future of scotland to be in the hands of people who live here. our political correspondent, iain watson, is here with me. so now that the election is over — what next? the first thing is borisjohnson has to show a sense of momentum, you mps are sworn in on tuesday and on thursday we have the queen's speech and he has a new one with a few new
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things that sets out his legislative programme and it is his first opportunity to show that he intends to keep the faith of those people who switched from labour to tory for the first time. there will be a guarantee, a pledge in the queen's speech, to put into lop health spending from the government, effectively to underline his commitment to the nhs, one of the big issues in the campaign. there won't be a definitive vote but a brexit vote on friday and labour's task is to win over those who defected to borisjohnson and it is interesting that in tomorrow's papers a couple of likely hopefuls for the leadership, perhaps not best known, but lisa nandy and jess phillips write about the need to win back working class voters. john mcdonnell is keen to get the timetable for the leadership drawn up timetable for the leadership drawn up and! timetable for the leadership drawn up and i understand the ruling national executive will do that in the second week of january and might be preliminary discussions next week butjeremy corbyn is not rushing out of the door even though some of his mps want to push on there. thank you
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very much. —— push him there. a british tourist has been killed and his son injured when they were shot during a suspected robbery in argentina. it happened earlier today in the capital buenos aires. the father, who was 55, and his 28—year—old son are reported to have been shot during a struggle near the faena art hotel. police say a body found in a village in cheshire has been identified as 15—year—old alex rodda. his body was found yesterday morning in ashley. an 18—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of his murder and is being held in custody. rail passengers are being advised to check train times before they travel tomorrow as major timetable changes are introduced. rail companies say journey times will be cut, services made more frequent and new routes added due to investment in infrastructure and carriages. but concerns remain over potential disruption after a chaotic timetable change last year. our business correspondent, katie prescott, has more. passengers arriving on one
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of the last slow trains from bristol to london. the new non—stop journey from tomorrow will be just 68 minutes. be here for dinner. having left work, that's not bad. yeah, a lot better than it is at the moment. i spent time on the train working as well so for me it doesn't really make a massive difference. but no, it's good. i think any way you can get in and out of london within an hour will be really good. but in the back of everyone's mind — the disastrous timetable changes of may last year. chaos, cancellations and overcrowding. the organisation representing the train companies says they're prepared for teething trouble. there could be issues where sometimes the trains are in the wrong place or maybe some staff are in the wrong place for whatever reason. we are trying to keep that to a minimum but the overall benefit of this in the long term will be thousands of extra services on the tracks, which will make the travelling experience much better for everyone. if the new timetable is a success, passengers like these could benefit from faster and more frequent journeys, with more trains and more
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carriages meaning 1000 extra services a week and some quite significant changes for some parts of the uk. tomorrow will see the biggest timetable change on the great western railway network since the 1970s. the electrification of the line between london and bristol will shave 12 minutes off the quickest trains. the maesteg and conwy valley lines in wales will get sunday services for the first time. and there will be major improvements on the scotrail network, with additional trains in north—east scotland as well as extra seats between edinburgh and glasgow. passengers are advised to check before they travel as many train times are changing from tomorrow. katie prescott, bbc news. talks at the un climate summit in madrid are still going on — more than a day after the meeting was supposed to end. our environment correspondent, matt mcgrath, is there. so what's holding things up?
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there are literally hundreds of negotiators huddled in the conference all behind me poring over the latest version of the draft text and they have been here for two weeks trying to put in place a plan that would see every country put in place a new climate pledge by the end of next year when this conference moved to glasgow and the negotiations have not gone smoothly. the european union and small island states and many others want to see more ambition in the plans and the united states, australia, brazil and others think they are just fine as they are and there are a big rows about carbon markets and the compensation that could be paid to small island states in the event of storms or sea level rises and all of these rows mean that the negotiators are here, still at it, some 29 hours after the conference was due to finish and they are likely to go through the night tonight and if they cannot get any resolution the conference could collapse. that would add to the pressure on the uk when this conference moves to glasgow next year. thank you.
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let's take a look at some of today's other news. the former president of sudan — omar al—bashir — has been sentenced to two years for corruption. it's after he received more 25 million dollars in cash from the saudi royal family. al—bashir was ousted in april. his opponents say he must also be tried for human rights abuses — including genocide in darfur. tens of thousands of people have been taking part in a rally in rome to protest against the italian far right party, the league. the demonstrators sang and waved cardboard sardines, a reference to the nickname given to their movement and their tactic of crowding into town squares like fish in a tin. it's that time of year, and tonight has seen the final of this year's strictly come dancing on bbc one, with the winner of the glitterball trophy announced following a public vote. our entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba, shares the sparkle. kelvin and oti!
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a last minute replacement after another contestant was injured, kelvin fletcher said he was honoured to have won strictly with his dance partner, oti mabuse. such a privilege to be here. i think this show represents everything that is amazing in this country. i think the people personify what is great and it has just been an absolute privilege... you're amazing! cheering and applause. kelvin fletcher and oti mabuse. # ain't no sunshine when she's gone. they may not have been the judges' choice for champions, but tonight it was only public votes that counted and they won the viewers over. the judges described their rumba as sensual and romantic. # and she's always gone too long. # any time she goes away. they said their samba left them speechless. # you know you make me wanna shout. and called their show dance a tour de force.
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# hey, hey, hey, hey... it earned them a standing ovation and rare praise from craig revel horwood. i loved every single minute of that. strictly, now more than 15 years old, remains one of tv‘s most watched shows with audiences of over 10 million. a significant achievement in an age where streaming services are increasingly attracting younger viewers. lizo mzimba, bbc news. congratulations to them. with all the sport now, here's karthi gna nasegaram at the bbc sport centre. good evening. leinster have made history by becoming the first team to book their place in rugby union's european champions cup quarter finals with two games still to play. their success came at the expense of the premiership leaders, northampton, who were thrashed by 52 points to 21 today. patrick gearey reports. dublin after dark is a famously
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lively experience but it's easy to lose yourself. lights on, game on. it took 90 seconds before northampton wandered into their first surprise. here's garry ringrose of ireland and leinster, starting as he meant to go on. four minutes later, there he was again. right place, right time — second try. leinster cantering to a 15th straight champions cup home win. easy for northampton to retreat, but they are top of the english premiership for a reason. and for a few seconds they were smarter, stronger, faster, bigger. but dan biggar‘s try was a ripple against the tide. the saints had a sinner in the bin as leinster went over twice more to take a bonus point before the break. 40,000 turned up to this match and they certainly got their money's worth. northampton ran in two more tries but they couldn't contain the blue waves. james lowe was the latest to take the plunge. and ringrose went pick—pocketing again for his hat—trick. the saints barely in the picture. leinster will take some stopping. patrick gearey, bbc news. title holders saracens
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had a hard fought encounter against munster. saracens were behind for most of the match but billy vunipola played a lovely offload to sean maitland as they took the lead for the first time. billy's brother, mako vunipola, added another try to make saracens winners by 15 points to 6. gloucester were beaten by connacht after they scored two tries in the final five minutes of their game. gloucester had had the lead until the 76th minute but shane delahunt and then robin copeland's late tries gave connacht a 27 points to 2a victory. and la rochelle beat glasgow by 12 points to 7. it's time to pop out of the room if you don't want to know today's premier league results as match of the day follows soon on bbc one. the liverpool manager, jurgen klopp, admitted it wasn't the "prettiest" game of football but two fantastic goals from mo salah gave his side a 2—0 win over watford. that puts liverpool 10 points clear at the top of the table and they remain unbeaten in the league this season. second—placed leicester city had the chance to reduce liverpool's lead but they were held to a 1—1
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draw by norwich city this afternoon. the leicester manager, brendan rodgers, feels they need to hit the reset button if they are to challenge liverpool for the title. there were wins for burnley and bournemouth. sheffield united are in fifth place after beating aston villa 2—nil and west ham were i—nil winners over southampton. aberdeen moved up to third place in the scottish premiership with a 1—0 win over hamilton, who are now bottom of the table. there were wins for saint johnstone and ross county. saint mirren and livingston drew 3—3. there's more on the bbc sport website including england's women's cricketers winning their series against pakistan 2—nil. that's all from me. goodnight. good evening. a fairly blustery end to the day.
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but even though those winds remain strong through the night, temperatures are going to drop quite widely across the country and we'll see ice for a few. across parts of scotland, northern ireland, northern england and north wales especially, where hill snow may be an additional hazard. at the moment, some lively showers working their way from west to east, the odd rumble of thunder. some of that bringing heavy rain. for others, a covering of snow. as they clear away from east anglia and the south—east during the second half of the night, showers coming into north wales, northern england, southern scotland and northern ireland. still some gusty winds for some. a few centimetres of snow here and there which may lead to even further tricky conditions. add on to the fact that in the gaps between them, temperatures will drop low enough to go below freezing. so, that's with winds touching 40, may be 50 mph at so, that's with winds touching 40, maybe 50 mph at times around the south and west. we may see temperatures close to freezing, if not below across many northern parts of the uk into tomorrow morning. so, a chilly start to sunday morning. the big picture shows we have an area of low

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