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this is bbc news, i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 3pm: jeremy corbyn apologises for his part in labour's performance at the general election, as wigan mp, lisa nandy, becomes one of those hoping to succeed him as party leader. the reason that i'm thinking about it is because we just had the most shattering defeat where you really felt, in towns like mine, like the earth was quaking and we've watched the entire labour base just crumble beneath our feet. as boris johnson prepares for thurday‘s queen's speech, the government is to enshrine in law, a commitment to raise spending on the nhs in england. the national health service is the number one focus of this government when it comes to domestic policy. nicola sturgeon renews her call for a second referendum on scottish independence, saying the people of scotland mustn't be kept in the union
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against their will. you cannot just lock us in a cupboard and turn the key and hope that everything goes away. a marathon un climate summit in madrid ends in a compromise, leaving many delegates unhappy. there are millions of people all around the world who are already suffering from the impacts of climate change. denying this fact could be interpreted by some to be a crime against humanity. china's state broadcaster drops its plan to show arsenal's match against manchester city this afternoon, in the wake of comments by mesut ozil, criticising the country's treatment of the uighurs. and in half an hour here on bbc news, click looks at social media innovation made in china, and why its setting nerves jangling in silicon valley.
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good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. jeremy corbyn and john mcdonnell have apologised over labour's defeat in thursday's election, which saw them lose 59 seats. mr corbyn said he was sorry that they "came up short", while mr mcdonnell told the bbc he "owns this disaster". speaking to the bbc‘s andrew marr, he said it was unfortunate the party hadn't been able to articulate its message more effectively. he also blamed the media's portrayal ofjeremy corbyn, insisting that he'd been demonised "for four years solid". here's our political correspondent. three days on and labour is still trying to work out what went so catastrophically wrong. i'm just sorry that we've let some people down. in today's observer, jeremy corbyn offered an apology.
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we have suffered a heavy defeat and i take my responsibility for it. but the labour leader remains convinced that the campaign wasn't a total failure. i'm proud, he says, that on austerity, on corporate power, on inequality and on the climate emergency, we have won the argument and rewritten the terms of political debate. from the shadow chancellor this morning, a fuller apology. let me make it clear that it is on me, it is on me, let's take it on the chin. i own this disaster. but again, a belief that the core message was a good one. and other factors were also to blame. i think it was brexit that did it. we were in this dilemma, we couldn't move either way or if we did and we tried to compromise, it didn't work. that is the first thing. the second, we have to recognise that, look, the media did a number onjeremy forfour years solid, everyday. attention is now turning to the election of the next labour leader early next year. many, including john mcdonnell, think it should be a woman.
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some argue it should be someone who represents a break with the current leadership. wigan mp, lisa nandy, says she is seriously considering running. we have to think seriously about how we rebuild that coalition that has propelled us into power three times in the last 100 years. the lewishams and the leighs and how you speak for both. i think i definitely have a contribution to make, i come from one part of that coalition, i have lived in and represented another part for the last decade. before that election, it is back to business in the commons. later this week, it is the queen's speech and shortly after that, borisjohnson‘s brexit deal is expected to be passed by mps. our intention is to bring the withdrawal bill, the legislation, back to parliament before christmas. this week? ideally before christmas but as as soon as possible would be perfect. obviously those conversations are happening between the relevant parties and the house authorities as we speak.
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but it is not all plain sailing for the conservatives. even without brexit, there is a looming row with the other big winners on thursday, the snp. they want another independence referendum. borisjohnson has ruled it out. if he thinks saying no is the end of the matter than he is going to find himself completely and utterly wrong and he cannot, as i was saying yesterday and again it is quite a fundamental point of democracy, you cannot hold scotland in the union against its will. as a new crop of mps prepare to take their seats, the only certainty is that more tough decisions lie ahead. tony bonsignore, bbc news. we will return to this a little later in this half hour.
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negotiators have reached a compromise at the un climate talks in madrid. they extended their stay in the spanish capital for two extra days to try to resolve divisions on how to implement the 2016 paris climate agreement. one contentious issue is how to compensate developing countries affected by climate change. the pacific island nation tuvalu accused the us of trying to block a deal. here's the negotiator, ian fry. if they get their way with the governance of the whim, they will wash their hands of any actions to assist countries that have been affected by the impacts of climate change. this is an absolute tragedy and a travesty. on those affected by the impacts of climate change. there are millions of people, all around the world, who are already suffering from the impacts of climate change. denying this fact could be interpreted by some to be a crime against humanity.
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our environment correspondent matt mcgrath has been at the conference in madrid. he explained what the stumbling blocks were to reaching agreement. yeah, the real difficulty here has been this question of ambition. how much do countries up theirgame, if you like, on what they promised in paris in 2015 to tackle the urgency of the science? now, all countries put a plan on the table in paris in 2015. some of them strong, some of them not so strong. the idea was that they would come here to madrid and then onto glasgow next year and improve those plans. well, getting an agreement on that proved very difficult. a lot of countries, the eu and small island states, were very keen on high ambition, getting countries to promise to do much more and much more quickly. others, including the united states and australia and brazil were not so keen. ultimately, they made a compromise, there will be encouragement by all countries to address the gap between what the science is telling us and what the emissions plans at the moment are doing. that should lead to some more
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improved plans on the table by the end of next year. lots of criticism presumably for that wording from campaign organisations? that's right. a lot of campaigners are very unhappy, they think it is a missed opportunity here in madrid. they had hoped that given the presence of greta thunberg, they had hoped with the science and the marches in the streets, the countries would seize the moment and a step forward boldly but the reality of this is it is a 200 country process, nothing is agreed until everything is agreed, it is by unanimity. countries can block things and block they certainly did. some of the bigger countries did a lot of blocking at this particular conference. ultimately though, they kept the show on the road. it lives to fight again, that will be in glasgow next year and the hope amongst many campaigners is that the uk government can steer a better ship than perhaps was done here under the presidency of chile. a british man has been killed and his son wounded
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after being shot during a suspected robbery in argentina. it happened outside a five star hotel in the capital buenos aires. with more here's our correspondent angus crawford. moments before a brutal attack in broad daylight. see the white minibus. the british men are inside having just arrived. the driver moves to get their luggage. they don't notice the man on the motorbike. at the top of the screen, his accomplice attacks the tourists who fight back. what happens next is too distressing to show. it took place yesterday morning in one of buenos aires's most affluent neighbourhoods, outside the five—star faena art hotel. one man, in his 50s, died in hospital. his son, aged 28, was shot in the thigh. the foreign office says it's supporting their family and helping the authorities. the attackers fled on a motorbike. police have made no arrests. a life cut short in a senseless act of violence.
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angus crawford, bbc news. let's return to our top story concerning the general election. i'm joined via webcam by dominic grieve qc, who stood as an independent in the election and was previously a conservative. welcome to bbc news. people have to try and interpret what the results meant. of the sea, you are fighting a campaign to try and hold your seat, having been a conservative, having been thrown out of the party are not eligible to stand as a conservative candidate but as you yourself say, still a conservative at heart put top what are you finding on the doorsteps? to principal messages will top three perhaps. the first was absolute
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phobia ofjeremy corbyn. he was the bogeyman of the public in my constituency. not only the wealthy but everybody. i have never come across a leader of an opposition party more unpopular. secondly, there was undoubtably a response to there was undoubtably a response to the brexit needs to be done slogan of the prime minister. get brexit done. although, i my self belief that he is going to find it much harder to get it done than the proposals that he was putting forward to the electorate. the final thing that is interesting because it clearly had no impact on the outcome of the election itself in my constituency was the deep distrust of the prime minister. that doesn't seem of the prime minister. that doesn't seem to have had a significant impact. the prime minister didn't come across to me to be well regarded by the public, they had a low opinion of him but an even lower opinion ofjeremy corbyn. it is a remarkable result in many ways that when you look at the number of
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conservative mps elected in constituencies that have not had a conservative mp, not just constituencies that have not had a conservative mp, notjust on anybody‘s living memory but actually anybody‘s living memory but actually anybody‘s memory.. anybody‘s living memory but actually anybody‘s memory. . people anybody‘s living memory but actually anybody‘s memory.. people haven't seen anybody‘s memory.. people haven't seen conservative since the first world war, let alone the second world war, let alone the second world war. in yourjudgment, is that the unpopularity of labour and on that basis a rather superficial swing to the conservatives or do think something more fundamental is happening? i think people in this country are fairly patriotic whatever their views and i think jeremy corbyn was viewed as being unpatriotic. a person who would jeopardise the future of the country economically with what is it seem to be wacky policies and that was what came across to me. unlike 2017 when he got quite a considerable fate, labour got 12,000 votes in my constituency off the back of it being —— him being a cuddly grandpa
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figure. you have a situation where the electorate, in my view, is very rattled and a cynical and unhappy on the large number of topics and i think, as a consequence, they are looking for security and certainly labour wasn't offering them any kind of security or any kind of narrative whatsoever. i'm afraid the liberal democrats went either on a national basis. what about the prospects for the party you are a part of for many yea rs the party you are a part of for many years and very government minister in the last government? do you see the potential for the conservative party to be a much more national party than perhaps it has been for some time? it is certainly an english national party. the difficulty as it is not a uk national party and i think there are two big issues that are going to have to be confronted was that the prime minister has a working majority to do anything he likes but
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there are two major issues facing him. they are linked. the first one is what does get brexit done mean? if it means a diminution in the living standards of people and britain finding itself internationally isolated, how will people respond to that and what is the nature going to be of the negotiations over the next 12 months? that is the first thing. the second thing is, is the union of the uk. i know northern ireland and scotla nd uk. i know northern ireland and scotland very well and my view is that they are drifting away from the views that are held at europe and i think wider views on identity from england and that calls into question whether united kingdom is going to survive. as i have been a member of something could be conservative and unionist party, that is quite a challenging issue. i'm not at all clear in my mind how the prime minister intends to address that will top 50 brexit deal that the
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prime minister negotiated, with the changes to theresa may's deal, i think what alarms me is that as a person who says things that are simply factually not correct. if he intends to leave the eu and at the same time intends to have a divergence on regulation, then it is going to follow inevitably that there are going to be borders down there are going to be borders down the irish sea, there are going to be checks and as his own secretary of state admitted itjust before the campaign started. northern ireland is effectively being carved out economically from the rest of the uk. that is the price that is quite happy to pay apparently for the sake of getting a deal that was different
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from that which theresa may had negotiated. that is the key difference will stop northern ireland is going to be left in the single market, effectively, the single market, effectively, the single market, effectively, the single market of the eu whilst the rest of the uk leaves it. what i said about being a unionist, simply don't know. the dup can probably only blame themselves from having got into this mess but the truth is that he has to betray them coming made a number of cats cope, says to them —— categorical promises to them. and of course, the scots don't like it for a different set of reasons. northern ireland is getting special privileges, they would like them too. they are going to use at this whole issue of brexit is a grievance to promote independence and whilst it is true that scotland separating from the united kingdom is economically makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, there is a lot of emotion wrapped up in this and at
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the moment we haven't come anywhere close to resolving this of them as i say, i'm just a spectator now, i will sit on the sidelines and watch how this develops because he has won the argument over brexit and the attempt of others to try and moderate that and bring another outcome has failed so he is going to get on with it and i still remain of the view that he it is a very high risk strategy for this country's future. it appears, at least in the short—term, to have satisfied people who seem to be eager to pursue this course of action which i think is going to be very damaging to their own personal politics is brutal. you are now a former mp. what next for you? i am going to take time off and get my crampons out and i will go to scotla nd crampons out and i will go to scotland and claim some mountains. i will do that in term time rather than holiday time. it is important to try to settle your brain because
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i have been working very hard over a long period of time, and i am aware that has an effect on 1's outlook. when i have done that, i suspect i will find plenty of things to keep me busy. i hope i can go back to practice as a barrister. i have never completely given it up so i can do that again, and there may be areas of interest, either around public service or otherwise which i may be able usefully to do, and if i can usefully do those things, i will be pleased to do so. dominic grieve, former mp, thank you for being with us former mp, thank you for being with us this afternoon and good luck with the climbing. worth remembering that tony blair wants stood u nsuccessfully tony blair wants stood unsuccessfully in a by—election in beaconsfield when michael foot was the leader. —— once stood. the headlines on bbc news: the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has apologised to supporters for his party's heavy defeat in the general election.
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as boris johnson prepares for thurday‘s queen's speech, the government is to enshrine in law a commitment to raise spending on the nhs in england. nicola sturgeon has renewed her call for a second referendum on scottish independence, saying the people of scotland mustn't be kept in the union against their will. and in sport, everton have taken a 1—0 lead against manchester united in the premier league. rangers are top of the scottish premiership after a 2—0 win over motherwell. they move above title rivals celtic by one point although celtic are now in action against hibernian. arsenal women beat everton 3—1. vivianne miedema scored two of arsenal's goal as they stay top of the super league. and in rugby union's champions cup exeter chiefs beat sale sharks with a convincing bonus—point 35—10 victory which means exeter are within touching distance of the quarterfinals. i'll be back with more on those stories later. a man is in a critical condition in hospital after being shot by armed police in hull. officers were called out to a man believed to be in possession of a firearm in the early hours
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of this morning. crispin rolfe reports. one of hull's main streets, hessle road, shut after police shot a man reported to be carrying a firearm. the man at the centre of this incident is now, police say, in a critical condition in hospital after being shot by officers in the early hours of the morning. as is standard practice, this is now being referred to the independent office of police conduct as further investigations continue. all i've heard is that they shot somebody in the middle of the night, about 2am. if he's been waving a gun about, that's the only thing they could do. shocking in this day and age but you get used to it, don't you? you hear it every other week on the news now but obviously not down hessle road. it's not very good, i mean, i was born on hessle road, my mum was as well. to see something like this, it is terrible. no—one else was injured in the incident, which police say they don't believe to have any
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connection to terrorism. a man is in a critical condition in hospital after being shot by armed police in hull. i think ithinki i think i havejust i think i have just read this. i think i havejust read this. i am terribly sorry. a teenager will appear in court tomorrow charged with the murder of a 15—year—old boy in cheshire. the body of 15—year—old alex rodda was discovered on friday morning. matthew mason has been remanded in custody and will appear before magistrates on monday. staff at anglian water are continuing to work to reconnect several thousand homes in and around leighton buzzard in bedfordshire, which had no water for a second night. an initial problem caused by a broken valve has now been fixed. but the company says air trapped in pipes means water supplies haven't been restored in some areas. it's said bottled water can be collected available at a local tesco store. vulnerable residents can ask for it to be delivered. china's state broadcaster has cancelled the screening of arsenal's match against manchester city this afternoon after the arsenal
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midfielder mesut ozil criticised the chinese government's treatment of uighur muslims. ozil used instagram to say that muslims were being sent to camps in xinjiang. arsenal insisted the comments were just ozil's personal opinion. with me is the bbc‘s asia pacific editor, michael bristow. there have been plenty of examples in the past of sportsmen falling foul of china's own approach to its domestic policies, and foreign. what particularly well have annoyed them about these comments by mesut ozil? a couple of things, firstly, xinjiang, the topic that mesut ozil was talking about, very critical about what china has been doing there, up to perhapsi million people put in detention centres, re—education centres as china tries to crack down on what it says is terrorism in the region. it does not make any comment on that, particularly recently, there has
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been international criticism on this issue. it has pushed against that, it does not want anyone commenting on it. why is it getting annoyed about the footballer? it is because it does not like anybody commenting on politics, not just it does not like anybody commenting on politics, notjust politicians or nations, or even companies. it does not want anyone commenting on what it does on its own country. it does not seem to have been enough for the chinese that arsenal distance itself from these comments. it is not. they were due to show the arsenal match between manchester city and arsenal which kicks off on a short while. they were going to show that live on chinese tv. english premier league football in china is very popular, perhaps the most popular european league in china. the premier league sold the rights to football there for about £500 million. it is big business. of course, arsenal moved away quickly
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from its player, trying to distance itself, saying we do not get involved in politics but the chinese government has not taken that as good enough so it has pulled the match. we had a similar example of this earlier in the year in the autumn with the nba and the united states, a series of tweets in support of the people in hong kong, which cause problems. there was lots of political criticism of the nba, saying they were too willing to genuflect to china. a great phrase in the new york times, political submission has been the price of admission. arsenal could get similar criticism, or is there a sense that politicians in britain do not want to get involved ? arsenal has not been criticised as much as the nba when that incident you were talking about happened. politicians in britain, it is not so connected with china, as you indicated. china and the united states are embroiled in a trade war.
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the united states has also had a lot to say through legislation about what is going on in hong kong, the protest, so china is certainly more sensitive about its relationship with the united states and its relationship with britain. it is worth mentioning another point, china can quickly up the ante on theseissues china can quickly up the ante on these issues because it holds the levers of power, in all public life. for example, in britain, the government would not be able to tell a broadcaster to take off a football match but in china they can. when the chinese government is angled about something, it can quite easily and quickly escalate the dispute and bea pain and quickly escalate the dispute and be a pain to anyone it does not like. there is an economic price to be paid as well, i guess. michael, thank you very much. one of the people injured in last week's volcanic eruption
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on white island in new zealand has now died in hospital in sydney, australia. it brings the confirmed death toll to 16. rescue teams returned to white island earlier today but couldn't find the bodies of two people who are still missing. our correspondent phil mercer is following the story from sydney. 18 people now confirmed dead in the disaster that struck on monday, at white island, in the bay of plenty, just off new zealand's north island. those recovery teams returned to that volcanic island today, sunday, to once again look for two bodies. there are two more victims who have been unaccounted for. the authorities have been working on the theory that one of those bodies may well be near the crater, and another was apparently seen in the water 2a hours after the eruption. so on friday, recovery teams brought out six bodies, but the search goes on for those two others. that search includes people being flown to the island to carry out this painstaking search in what is a very risky
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environment still. there is a risk of further eruptions and police and navy divers have been in the contaminated water off white island, searching again unsuccessfully for one of those two remaining victims. at 2:11 in the afternoon tomorrow in new zealand, the prime minister, jacinda ardern, is hoping new zealand will pause for one minute, to remember those victims. at the moment, 18 people have been confirmed to have died. about 20 people remain in intensive care here in australia and in new zealand. some of those survivors have the most appalling of injuries, suffering burns of up to 90% of their bodies. also, internal burns too. it is a great challenge for very skilled professionals in new zealand and australia to keep those people alive and help them recover. on monday, just after 2 o'clock in the afternoon, new zealand and people elsewhere,
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you would have to say, will pause to remember a tragedy that took place exactly one week ago when that minute's silence is observed. it's coming up to christmas so that means it's also time for the annual bbc sports personality of the year awards. stars from across the sporting world will gather in aberdeen tonight to celebrate a memorable 12 months. our sports correspondent joe wilson is there to talk us through the contenders. i know what you're thinking right now, isn't it time we had another election? on the stage behind me about 8:55 this evening, the sports personality of the year will be named after public vote. there are six candidates, two of them are athletics world champions, katarina johnson—thompson, the heptathlete, dina asher—smith, the sprinter. raheem sterling was nominated after his outstanding performances for manchester city this year. lewis hamilton was f1 world champion for the sixth time, ben stokes starred for england's cricket team in the summer and alun wynjones was welsh rugby captain for another six
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nations grand slam so some outstanding individuals. i also think the programme here will focus a lot on the broader, deeper significance of sport. you may be aware that the trophy itself is being transported by bike from cardiff by gareth thomas, who played a hundred rugby internationals for wales and is hiv positive. so one of the questions in the minds of the 10,000 people in the arena here this evening and the millions watching will be, will gareth get here in time? now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith—lucas. hello. it has been a cold, blustery weekend with some showers falling as sleet and snow over higher ground in the north. also hailstones and thunderstorms for the site. this was the scene in north yorkshire, clear skies and sunshine. in the evening, the showers will rattle east across the showers will rattle east across
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the uk. thunderstorms in the south. further north, icy stretches for parts of northern england and southern scotland. sub zero temperatures across the north of the uk, frost free further south. monday bring sunshine and showers but most of the blustery showers will be across northern ireland and western scotla nd across northern ireland and western scotland where they will fall as snow over higher ground. dry weather for england and wales, less windy than recent days. it will cloud over in the south—east, particularly on tuesday, with outbreaks of patchy rain after fog slowly clears from elsewhere. there should be some sunshine. still rather chilly, 4—9d. goodbye. hello this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines: the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has apologised to supporters, for his party's heavy defeat in the general election. as boris johnson prepares for thurday‘s queen's speech, the government is to enshrine in law
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