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this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 11:00: boris johnson thanks supporters in tony blair's former seat, sedgefield. you have changed the political landscape, you have changed the conservative party for the better and you have changed the future of oui’ and you have changed the future of our country for the better. nicola sturgeon celebrates her party's election success in scotland, saying the country's 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. 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
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as krystal eve browitt, a 21—year—old australian. fifteen deaths have been now 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‘. a triumphant kelvin fletcher and oti mabuse raise the coveted glitterball trophy as this year's strictly come dancing comes to an end. 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. stay with us for that.
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good evening. 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 leaderjeremy 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
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ground of sedgefield 7 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 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
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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. 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,
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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. and, as iain has been explaining, the infighting has continued amongst labour mps over the timing ofjeremy corbyn standing down as party leader. i think that pressure will continue to grow from mps over the next few days, especially those that favour quicker exit. 0thers days, especially those that favour quicker exit. others are happy to wait. a few months to take a look at the big issues that labour has to address. what we will be seeing is a battle over the reasons for the defeat because, before we get two new candidates and leadership, they
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wa nt to new candidates and leadership, they want to be able to say that they can solve a problem that has been diagnosed. is itjeremy corbyn and that the party went too far to the left? is it alienating people? is it a mixture of those and john mcdonald was suggesting, a longer the collection by labour. —— neglect. then we will start to see the kind of people likely to want to take over and perhaps declaring at that point. looking for problems in towns around the country. some who have been strong in the brexit issue but some of the supporters are making the criticism rather than throwing their parts into the ring. that could become quite ugly. already cause for momentum to step away from
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the party. momentum have already flown down the gauntlet. about one tenth of the membership and they have been very active in sending people into constituencies to campaign and they say they're going to keep the labour party socialist so to keep the labour party socialist so what they want to do above all else, although jeremy so what they want to do above all else, althoutheremy corbyn may be going, his poetics do not go with him. there are also looking at a more charismatic leader, maybe a woman, summerlike rebecca long bailey. also policies on nationalisation. people were not able to take in a lot of the changes. some people in the left are recognised that also has to be a different presentation of the policy
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evenif different presentation of the policy even if they believe the direction of the party is correct. could we see a widespread change of what labour looks like, thinking of the faces, becausejohn labour looks like, thinking of the faces, because john mcdonald labour looks like, thinking of the faces, becausejohn mcdonald says he will not be part of the cabinet. do you think this is what the party does need? from john mcdonnell's point of view, some people on the left wa nted point of view, some people on the left wanted him to stand as party leader. he was the driving force behind momentum. he seems to have made a decision that when a new leader comes along, that he will step aside because he wants to change the generational shift in labour party and see preferably a woman, a younger generation, changes in the main frontbench. what can we expect for the oncoming week. mps this morning. then borisjohnson was to give the impression that he has
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to give the impression that he has to use the momentum, the prime minister who can get things done. 0n thursday we get the queen's speech, the programme for government. of course there was one just before the election itself. coming back and putting priorities on the nhs et cetera. 0n putting priorities on the nhs et cetera. on friday, we can predict it will succeed in getting the withdrawal agreement, a second reading. this is not the final thing. it has to go to the laws but before christmas he will get a symbolic vote on brexit and say he's on his way to getting it done. the first minister of scotland and snp leader, nicola sturgeon, has welcomed the party's 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
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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. and we'll find out how this story, and many others, are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 11:30 this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are the deputy leader writer at the sun, 0livia utley, and the editor of the political website, labourlist, sienna rodgers. 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 eyeres.
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it happened earlier today in the capital buenos aires. the father, who was 55 and his 28 year—old son are reported been shot during a struggle near the faena art hotel. our correspondent simonjones earlier gave us this update. according to argentinian media, this happened at about 11 o'clock this morning. a father and son were outside a luxury five—star hotel in the waterfront area of the city. we can see a teacher of the hotel. they we re can see a teacher of the hotel. they were approached by two men on a motorbike who were armed. some sort of scuffle broke out. the two british tourists refused to hand over any cash and it ended up with a 50—year—old man shot in the chest. he was raised to hospital but his life could not be safe. his son received a word to the site but his injuries are not thought to be life—threatening. authorities in
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buenos aires are telling 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 authority to understand exactly what is happening. obviously there will be concern about travel to argentina? generally it is safe to travel to the country. last year around 110,000 people travel that from the uk. but they do want that street crime is a problem and sometimes that can involve violence. in terms of the capital, we know robberies involving motorbikes do happen from time to time. the advice is to be cautious and if someone is approached to hand over any sort of crash and try not to resist. police say a body found in a village in cheshire has been identified as 15 year old alex rodda.
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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 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
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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 will try 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 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
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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. 0ur environment correspondent matt mcgrath gave this update. there are literally hundreds of negotiators huddled in the conference behind me pouring over the latest version of the draft text. they've been here for two weeks now going to put in place a plan that would see every country put in place a new climate pledged by the end of next year, within this conference by the end of next year, within this c0 nfe re nce m oves to by the end of next year, within this conference moves to glasgow. negotiations haven't gone smoothly.
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the european union, small island states and many others want to see more ambition in the plans. united states, australia, was ill and others think they are fine as they are. there are big rows about carbon markets and the compensation that could be paid to small island states in the event of storms or sea level rise. all of these rows mean that negotiators are still here, still at it some 29 hours after the conference was due to finish. they are likely to go through the night tonight as well if they can't get any resolution, the conference could collapse. that moves press on to the uk when the conference moves to glasgow next year. the headlines on bbc news: boris johnson thanks supporters in tony blair's former seat sedgefield. nicola sturgeon celebrates her party's election success in scotland, saying the country's 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.
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sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's ben croucher. hello, ben. good evening. let's start with the premier league where the table will be happy viewing for liverpool fans. ten points the gap between them and leicester in second after liverpool beat watford 2—0 at anfield. mo salah scored a couple of sublime goals to give liverpool their 16th win in17 games. their unbeaten run in the league stretches back to early january. watford are six points adrift of safety. we had to fight, that is what we did. we had to use ali. he did some warming up exercises but really, unbelievable, super saves. apart from that we had to fight for the result, that is what we did. leicester dropped points
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for the first time in ten games, held 1—1 at home by norwich city. teemu pukki put the norwich — second bottom in the league — ahead. jamie vardy thought he'd grabbed the equaliser for brendan rodgers' side but it's been credited as an own goal by the norwich keeper, tim krul. when you're on the winning run you believe it, but of course it's very different. the players have been first class, we just weren't quite the level we need to be today against a side that i know are near the bottom but have threats. like i say, they defended very, very well, especially in the second half. chelsea's dire run in the league is continuing. just one win in the last month. they were beaten 1—0 at home by bournemouth. dan gosling scored a late winner although it was initially ruled out for offside. the video assistant referee took another look and overruled
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the onfield officials. it's bournemouth‘s first points in six matches. elsewhere, burnley beat newcastle 1—0. sheffield united are into fifth beating aston villa. west ham moved to 15th with a 1—0 win at southampton. in the scottish premiership leaders celtic and second place rangers — who arejust two points behind don't play until tomorrow. today, st mirren drew with livingston, while there were wins for stjohnstone, ross county and aberdeen, who moved up to third in the table after a 1—0 home win over hamilton academical. sam cosgrove got the crucial goal and it means hamilton slip to the bottom of the table. last season's runners—up leinster have qualified for the european champions cup quarterfinals with two games to spare by thrashing premiership leaders northampton saints for the second week running. 50—21 the final score. elsewhere glasgow lost to la rochelle, gloucester lost to a last minute connacht try, while champions saracens are still fighting in the pool stages thanks to a 15—6 win over munster.
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the game was pretty slow in the first half and i think there were —— they were more enthusiastic than we were, which was unlike us. so we talked about that at halftime and we came out and our intent went through the roof, our incitement went through the roof does make excitement, and we got out there —— oui’ excitement, and we got out there —— our excitement went through the roof and we got out there. defending champion mark allen has been knocked out of the scottish open in the semi finals by jack lisowski. trailing 5—3, allen levelled the match to take it to a decider where lisowski finished the contest in style with a break of 95. he's chasing his first ranking title at the age of 28. it'll be a challenge against three—time world champion mark selby. he dispatched david gilbert with ease 6—1, including a break of 132. it's the second day of the pdc world darts championship and a big
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shock as five—time world champion raymond van barneveld was beaten in the first round by american darin young. barney said he would never, ever forgive himself to bow out of the sport in such a manner. he was beaten 3—1 in what proved his final match — leaving the stage crestfallen. this time tomorrow's we'll know who is your sports personality of the yearfor 2019. we already know the recipient of the helen rollanson award — given for outstanding achievement in the face of adversity. former scotland international doddie weir lives with motor neurone disease. his foundation ‘my name's doddie' has raised £4 million into research for the incurable illness. from day one that you got diagnosed with mnd, you got told that there is nothing else we can do, i don't agree with that at all. everyone
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with mnd as a self cure, and i don't have a medical background so i don't know if it helps or not but there area know if it helps or not but there are a lot of people in the same place. you've got to go home and self cure, which is a just don't think is always agreeable. it's been my frustration for the last three yea rs, my frustration for the last three years, there's nothing there help patients. you're up to date from the bbc sport centre. then, thank you for that. let's take a look at the weather. —— then. let's take a look at some of today's other news: the former president of sudan, 0mar al—bashir, has been sentenced to two years for corruption. it's after he received more
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than $25 million 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. south—west france has been hit by floods and gale—force winds. two men have been killed. 0ne died when his car hit a fallen tree during the storms, and the other man was swept away by rising floodwaters. five people have been injured, two seriously, when trees fell onto their vehicles. it's that time of year, and tonight has seen the final
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of this year's strictly come dancing on bbc one, with the winner of the glitterball trophy announced following a public vote. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba shares the sparkle. kelvin and 0ti! a last—minute replacement after another contestant was injured, kelvin fletcher said he was honoured to have won strictly with his dance partner 0ti mabuse. it's 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 to... you're amazing! cheering and applause. announcer: kelvin fletcher and 0ti 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.
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they said their samba left them speechless. # you know you make me wanna shout. and called their show dance a tour de force. # 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. don't forget that shortly we are going to be taking an in—depth look at the papers.
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that's with our reviewers deputy leader writer at the sun, 0livia utley and the editor of the political website, labourlist, sienna rodgers. that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30pm. you can expect a lot of general election news to feature. coming up next is the weather with matt taylor. thank you very much. good evening to you. this is the scene in wales earlier on. we've seen some snow, lively downpours on the go at present. and as they continue to move further eastwards they are going to add into some highs as well. let me just so you wear those showers are at the moment. some particularly nasty downpours in east anglia at the moment and some further ones in southern counties. head further north than we are seeing those showers turn a bit snowy. some snow seeing those showers turn a bit snowy. some snow across seeing those showers turn a bit snowy. some snow across the higher
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ground of northern england, across north wales and parts of northern ireland and scotland to take us into the morning. there could be a covering of snow in places, but it will ease into the morning. winds touching 40—50 miles an hour, especially with heavy showers did the south and east. those winds would normally keep the temperature is up, but not tonight. frost will develop quite widely. you could be icy for many of you tomorrow morning. into sunday morning, this area of low pressure is keeping things rather lively through the night. everyone else will have a little respite between the systems. the showers are fading, once we start the day we wake up to a coating of snow. dry through sunday, particularly through central and eastern areas but to the south and west these showers get going again, some heavy with hail, sleet and hills no. a blustery day, not quite as strong today but towards the hebrides in the south—west we will see gail's and gail's developing
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later in the day. it is tomorrow afternoon, around 2— four celsius. even further south it is going to feel cold in the breeze. monday morning, longer spells of rain around the coast and hills no through northern and central scotland. strong winds and heavy showers in northern ireland later on, too. while much of england under this staying dry, later in the day we could see outbreaks rain towards the south—east corner, and it is looking more and more likely was this heavy rain develop across part of central and eastern england as we go through good ash into tuesday morning. with this weather front, getting cold hour, we could see some sleet and snow over the higher ground. away from it, many parts will be dry and in any case it will move away. this input is rise, but it gets wetter or more of you, to —— the temperatures rise.
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hello. this is bbc news with lukwesa burak. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment, first the headlines: boris johnson thanks supporters in tony blair's former seat, sedgefield you have changed the political landscape, you have changed the conservative party for the better, and you have changed the future of our country for the better. nicola sturgeon celebrates her party's election success in scotland, saying the country's 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. a triumphant kelvin fletcher and 0ti mabuse raise the coveted glitterball trophy, as this year's strictly come dancing comes to an end.
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