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this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 11:00: britain, canada and the us say there's now a body of evidence that an iranian missile brought down a ukrainian passenger plane that crashed near tehran, killing everyone on board. the evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by an iranian surface—to—air missile. this may well have been unintentional. confirmation that the duchess of sussex has left the uk for canada. earlier, the queen summoned an urgent family conference to find a way to accommodate prince harry and meghan‘s wish to go it alone. left in a hospital trolley for more than 2a hours — a&e departments in england record their worst ever performance. a prison officer has been stabbed and seriously injured and four others hospitalised after an attack
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by two prisoners in cambridgeshire. the sound of 2020 — 25—year—old celeste tipped to follow in the footsteps of adele and sam smith. and at 11:30, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers daisy mcandrew and kezie dugdale — stay with us for that. the united states, britain and canada all now say that evidence from a number of sources indicates that the ukrainian passenger plane that crashed in iran yesterday was shot down by an iranian surface to air missile — and that it may well have been unintentional. 176 people died — among them 4 britons — and dozens of canadians —
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when the boeing aircraft came down shortly after taking off from tehran. it happened just hours after iran fired more than 20 missiles at us airbases in iraq in retaliation for the assassination of its military leader. tonight iran denied the plane was hit by a missile and called the claims psychological warfare. from washington, nick bryant reports. american media say these images appear to show the moment the ukrainian airliner was hit by an iranian missile shortly after take—off. the plane did not explode immediately and continued flying for several minutes as it tried to return to tehran airport. this video appears to show the boeing 737, which seems to be on fire, as it went down. just before it crashed, a satellite apparently detected the heat trails of two missiles, followed moments afterwards by an explosion. us officials said it was
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highly likely the plane, with 176 people on board, was mistakenly shot down by iranian anti—aircraft missiles. 63 canadians were among the dead. the country's prime minister, justin trudeau, shared with his people news that he said would shock. we have intelligence from multiple sources, including our allies and own intelligence. the evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by an iranian surface to air missile. this may well have been unintentional. it was just five hours after iran launched the missile strikes on us forces in iraq that the plane crashed shortly after take—off. iran's anti—aircraft systems would probably have been active, anticipating american retaliatory strikes that never came. speaking before his
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ca nadiancounterpa rt, president trump revealed his own suspicions. it is a tragic thing when i see that, it's a tragic thing. but somebody could have made a mistake on the other side, could have made a mistake. it was flying... it was flying in... not our system, it's nothing to do with us. it was flying in a pretty rough neighbourhood and somebody could have made a mistake. there might be crucial evidence that lies within this wreckage. the iranians have been bulldozing the crash site and are not yet sharing information from the black box recorders. the country's head of civil aviation claimed reports of an iranian missile strike were illogical rumours. at this prayer vigil in canada, the faces of the dead, the anguish of the relatives who now mourn them. i think everyone is just heartbroken, everyone is trying to process it and believe it.
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relatives in ukraine want answers, too. their loved ones, casualties of a conflict of which they were no part. officials in britain, canada and here in america tonight are all saying this was a mistake. not a reason, then, for now at least, to further escalate tensions with iran. nick bryant, bbc news, washington. 0ur north america correspondent nada tawfik is in toronto, and has more on the reaction over there. yes, this is a national tragedy for canada, particularly in the iranian— american communities here. justin trudeau, he said he is really wanting access to the crash site because he knows that canadians want a nswe i’s , a nswe i’s because he knows that canadians want answers, answers that can say for sure what the cause and intent was of that crash. the prime minister, justin trudeau, said he does believe iran is open to canadian involvement
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in the investigation as well as allowing visas for consular officials to assist with repatriation of bodies and assist the families but the key question is what leveraged canada will have if iran tries to tamper at all with their involvement in making sure this is a credible investigation and the community here telling us that despite what the cause might be, they are still mourning for their loved ones who may never return. in the past half—hour, it has been confirmed to the bbc that meghan, the duchess of sussex, has left the uk for canada. the news came as the queen summoned an urgent family conference to find a way to accommodate prince harry and meghan‘s wish to go it alone. the queen, prince charles and prince william have instructed their staff to find a solution within days after the couple's surprise announcement left the royal family scrambling to cope with the implications of their unprecedented move. royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. and so, what now for the couple who want to do being royal their way?
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last night, the sussexes stunned britain's royal family by issuing their own statement saying they wanted to step back and find what they called a progressive new role which would involve them becoming financially independent and dividing their time between britain and north america. senior royals from the queen down were said to be disappointed and hurt. for that, read shocked and exasperated. yet today, those feelings have moved on to a willingness to see whether a new arrangement can be worked out. the queen, the prince of wales and prince william and their senior staff have conferred during the day and directed their staff to work with the sussex household to find a solution acceptable to all sides. the issues are complex. it won't be easy. i think it's going to be very hard, if not impossible, to find a future modus operandi which involves being royal and not royal at the same time.
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i can understand why they want to do it, but history has shown us that royal duty is not really open to compromise. either you are part of the working royal machine or you're not. there is no halfway house. these are the questions about the sussexes which must be decided. first of all, their title. a hard—line approach by the palace would be to remove their his and her royal highness styling on the basis that you cannot be half in and half out of the royal family. there is no appetite to do this. harry remains sixth in line to the british throne. second, their accommodation. there is no suggestion they would need to leave their home close to windsor castle. it is owned by the crown estate, it underwent a costly renovation for their use. third, security. at the moment, the british taxpayer pays the considerable costs of royal security.
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the men around the couple here in southern africa are all metropolitan police officers. would the taxpayer be expected to pay for the security of a semidetached royal couple? that's another issue to be worked out. finally, by far most complex issue, finance. at the moment, the sussexes are financed largely by harry's father, the prince of wales, from his duchy of cornwall estate. to become financially independent, the sussexes would surely need to engage in commercial activities of some kind. that is a path fraught with difficulties for the royal family. 0thers — the earl and countess of wessex, for example — tried it and it eventually posed serious reputational issues for the royal family. the palace will resist any repetition. yet there is support for a couple who have clearly been struggling in recent months. julie montague is an american who married into the british aristocracy. she feels sympathy for meghan. you know, meghan even said she tried to adapt to this, you know, british stiff upper lip and she tried and it didn't work. of course it's not going to work.
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we're american, we have grown up in a world that we were told you can be anything you want to be, you can do anything you want to do, from day one. in nottingham, where harry and meghan did their first official visit as a couple two years ago, there was a mixed response to their withdrawal. meghan is mixed race, which is something you don't really see a lot within the royal family, and i think for that alone, it reaches out to the general public because there is a lot of multicultural relationships. he is a prince, innit, at the end of the day. obviously he's got to do his duty with the queen. so, i don't know. ijust don't know... how he can do that. the sussexes have made their wishes known, albeit in a most imprecise fashion. the british royal family will try to find a way to satisfy those wishes. these are complex matters. more detailed proposals are expected within a matter of days. nicholas witchell, bbc news.
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the queens biographer robertjoins us now. the queens biographer robertjoins us now. we understand meghan has left the united kingdom. this is unprecedented. how do you think the royal family is going to handle it. i'm rather impressed with the first day. they were caught on the hop this morning. the newspapers were full of recriminations and complaints about the couple in the family seem to have responded positively and acknowledge they have a big problem. they are to blame as much as the other side, maybe more. i think it's a good sign of progress. what is that progress? we are hearing that senior members of the royal family have instructed their staff to find a solution. what do they mean by solution? meghan and harry have said basically they want
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to find a new way to be royal. i don't think they are saying they wa nt to don't think they are saying they want to be semi detached royals and it's clear from what they said, that has struck a chord, certainly around the world and with a lot of people in this country. there are obviously complex issues and will remain forever in their lives celebrity so who is going to pay for the police protection they need, and back last summer, they took out a trademark name, royal sussex or sussex royal in the listed hundreds of dozens of items from bandannas to t—shirts. if going to use sales of t—shirts with sussex royal to live on, that is totally u na cce pta ble, it sussex royal to live on, that is totally unacceptable, it is trading on the royal family. if they are going to use them for what they talk about, this huge new international charity foundation, and that becomes
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in some way the source of their support, this may be a new way ahead. but there is also the issue of which title do they keep? do they still have access to frogmore cottage, which was renovated at a cost of several million. £2.11 million. what do they do in return for keeping those things. when they say this is going to be the test for them, they put the challenge to the royal family, it's to show exactly what they mean by new modern sort of royal. what has driven them to do this. we've heard them complain about media intrusion, racism as pa rt about media intrusion, racism as part of this. why have they chosen to go now? they had a big wedding as well. i think the racism is a bug pa rt well. i think the racism is a bug part of it. not as expressed by the conventional british media but by
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the internet, by social media, the rich both of them have come to live and see their identity. that is how meghan created her identity in the first days, as a member of the hollywood show business set. and i think, it's not a mistake because it's happened but the challenge for the british while emily is to acknowledge there is a lot of poison, there is a lot of trouble on the internet and in some way, that's gotta be separated and dealt with. what are the wider implications for the royal family, for the senior roles have got to find a way through this? for a lot of people, losing harry and meghan to another country will be a great loss. a great loss and a great challenge. prince
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charles has been corrected to slim down the royal family, what else could he do but he always counted on the fact he would have his two younger sons with their two different talents and personalities and styles to move things forward. harry and meghan are not so far resigning from the royal family, they are asking for a new role within it and i hope offering new role and new work inside it. we are perplexed now. this is rightly seen asa perplexed now. this is rightly seen as a role crisis, particularly following the prince andrew scandal. the royal family is rocking but if you look back to 1936, the abdication of the king, who would have thought that in half a dozen yea rs, have thought that in half a dozen years, the royal family would have regained its popularity? if you'd set in the 1990s, do you know that camilla parker bowles is going to be prince charles‘s consort and a
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future queen? people would have thought you were crazy. it was such a crisis. this is not such a crisis. it isa a crisis. this is not such a crisis. it is a clash of positive and thoughtful ways of looking at what royal family thoughtful ways of looking at what royalfamily should thoughtful ways of looking at what royal family should do and how it can shape itself to the modern world. they have to find the balance between remaining partly royal but not looking opportunistic and how they leverage that. if it doesn't work out, can they come back? at the end of the day, the british royalfamily is at the end of the day, the british royal family is representative and prince andrew was effectively kicked out last year because suddenly with his tv broadcast, people thought this man doesn't represent us, this country. if harry and meghan can meet that challenge, they will stay pa rt meet that challenge, they will stay part of the royal family and i think the royal family could part of the royal family and i think the royalfamily could be part of the royal family and i think the royal family could be stronger for it. i think you are going to be quite busy. thank you for coming into talk to us. thank you. the british and irish governments
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have published the text of a draft deal aimed at restoring power sharing in northern ireland. the secretary of state for northern ireland, julian smith, alongside irish deputy prime minister simon coveney made the announcement at a press conference at stormont this evening. the parties and the government have worked for many months to find a spirit of agreement in collaboration and in compromise, and i believe that there is something in this new dealfor that there is something in this new deal for everyone, that there is something in this new dealfor everyone, and that there is something in this new deal for everyone, and i that there is something in this new dealfor everyone, and i hope that they're able to support it. not all they're able to support it. not all the documents are agreed by all the parties. some are commitments by each government. but i believe we have a deal that all parties in northern ireland can support. we need to move on. new decade, new approach is a fair and balanced,
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inclusive deal. my message to the public is very direct: tell your politicians to take this opportunity. demand the better future that this deal livers and we can create a more tolerant, inclusive and generous place here in northern ireland. simon cope me. in response, the dup have described the deal as fair and balanced. ireland correspondent emma vardy has been following the talks and gave this update. after a very long wait there has now been a dramatic moment here at stormont this evening. the secretary of state for northern ireland, julian smith, has come out and effectively thrown down the gauntlet to the parties. he has taken the decision, along with the deputy prime minister of the republic of ireland, to say we are publishing the text of the deal that has been tabled. i got it here: new decade, new approach it is called. this is very significant because they said tonight not all of the parties are
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on—board with all of the text, so by coming out and making it public they are hoping to raise the pressure on the parties because their voters, their constituents, will be able to look at it and hoping they pile pressure on the parties to get on board. but it is a gamble, by publishing it like this before all the parties are on board they are taking the chance they diminish the prospect of those parties are signing up that aren't already on board. we know the democratic unionist party have been the party s0 unionist party have been the party so far that have been known to be unhappy with elements of the deal and it's a question tonight whether this tragedy will bring them on—board or may make it collapse further. now, what's in this deal? just to sum it up for you. two of the particularly big hurdles that have been rows over the three years of powersharing that has been suspended has been over an irish language act and a veto mechanism called the petition of concern. the irish language act has been a very
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contentious part of this. this deal includes new legislation to protect the irish language, provisions for a new irish commissioner. we know there will be some opposition to that in dup ranks and yet to whether these concessions they decide are worth making to get back into government. quickly on the petition of concern, it is a mechanism used in the assembly like a veto to block certain legislation. that is reformed, it says in here, to prevent reformed, it says in here, to p reve nt a ny reformed, it says in here, to prevent any one party using it as a veto in future. the move by secretary of state julian veto in future. the move by secretary of statejulian smith tonight shows he is laying all his cards on the table. he says the deadline on monday, january the 13th, at midnight and is a deadline on monday, january the 13th, at midnightand is a hard deadline and if they don't sign up by then it will mean fresh elections. he was strong tonight saying that was absolutely un— movable. a pretty decisive move from the british and governments tonight. we will have to see what the parties come up with tomorrow.
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a prison officer has been stabbed and seriously injured and four others hospitalised after an attack by two prisoners in cambridgeshire. counter terrorism police are investigating the assault at whitemoor top security jail. home affairs correspondent june kelly has been following the story. the attack is said to have been carried out by two inmates wearing fa ke carried out by two inmates wearing fake suicide vest and armed with improvised, bladed weapons. the bbc understands one of the suspects is bruised home the amani, jailed in 2015 while still a teenager for planning to behead a british soldier. he is a convert to islam and was a follower of radical preacher anjem choudary. the other suspect isn't in prison for a terrorism offence, he is said to be inside for a crime of violence, and is also said to have converted to islam, this time while in prison. 0ne prison of was stabbed in the face, so very badly hurt. four collea g u es face, so very badly hurt. four colleagues who went to his assistance, three men and a woman,
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we re assistance, three men and a woman, were also hurt. whitemoor is a top security prison that has a number of prisoners convicted of terrorist offences, so obviously this episode raises questions about security of staff in these category a resins and scotla nd staff in these category a resins and scotland yard's staff in these category a resins and scotland ya rd's counterterrorism command are now investigating. june kelly. new figures show that accident and emergency departments in england experienced their worst month in december since the target for treating people within four hours was introduced 16 years ago. just under 80% of patients were seen within the time limit last month. the target is 95%. it's the third month in a row that performance has sunk to a new record low. the figure for england is lower than in scotland but still ahead of walesand northern ireland. health editor hugh pym reports. we actually walked past george originally because we didn't see him there. there was in the region of got to be at least 20 people on trolleys around the corridors. mark's 83—year—old father—in—law
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george waited 25 hours in hospital corridors, much of it on a trolley, before he was finally given a bed on a ward, even though he'd had major surgery recently and another potentially serious condition. it was mayhem. there were trolleys everywhere, there were people trying to move trolleys in between the corridors to take people into x—ray and other departments to get them seen. we were quite distressed by it all. mark doesn't blame staff at shrewsbury hospital, who he says were working flat out. a trust spokesperson said there was very high demand on services and apologised that some patients were waiting longer than they should. with pressure across the system, the numbers going through the doors of a&e have gone up from just over 1.5 million a month a decade ago to more than two million last month, but the proportion treated who are assessed within four hours in england has been falling steadily from the 95% target to just
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below 80% in december. what do you say to some patients who have waited many hours, over four hours, to be assessed, then maybe more hours on top of that to get treated? i would say our staff are working incredibly hard to ensure they treat patients as quickly as possible. of course, they always prioritise the sickest patients first and ensure that treatment is delivered. more patients are ending up in hospitals partly because of shortcomings elsewhere. difficulties getting gp appointments, for example, and delays getting the social care they need to be looked after at home. this winter, it feels as though that really positive impact of social care hasn't been there as much, so we are seeing delays in the system for our patients and we are seeing real pressure across the health and care system. if more beds are needed for emergency care, that means delays for patients like paul needing non—urgent operations. he's been waiting months
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for a hip replacement. i have seen doctors and specialists, physiotherapy teams, and, you know, now it's got to the point where, "oh, the operation‘s going to be done on easter 2020, now they're telling me it could well be christmas 2020." whatever the promises made about more hospitals and nurses and higherfunding, this is the state of the nhs in england right now. hugh pym, bbc news. a young singerfrom brighton has topped the bbc‘s sound of 2020, which aims to predict the biggest and brightest new stars in music. celeste, who's 25, follows in the footsteps of previous winners like adele, sam smith and ellie goulding. she was chosen by a panel of one hundred and seventy figures from the music industry. here's our entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba.
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# it wouldn't move # what could i do...# the soulful sound of celeste. # i touch your head...# the young singer raised in brighton, who's been named the bbc‘s sound of 2020. well, i can't wait now to see what the rest of the year looks like. i think you can never predict, even though sometimes you really want to, like look into a glass ball and see what's going to happen. but, no, i'm just like so thrilled and excited and, yeah, i can't wait. # i don't want to put on pressure when i'm talking to you...#. she's already made appearances on shows like later with jools holland and now she's following in the footsteps of previous sound of winners, the likes of whom include ellie goulding, sam smith and adele. one of the most important things for me is that it will hopefully mean that more people hear my music and are aware that i'm
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making music. a confident live performer who played glastonbury‘s introducing stage in 2019, 2020 will bring different pressures. there's an element that, like, now there's a heightened expectation, potentially, that you really want to make sure you live up to it. but ultimately, like i said, it is encouraging, so, yeah, it's cool. the new year will bring new music, which she hopes willjustify the industry's faith in her. lizo mzimba, bbc news. # from strangers to friends, friends and lovers...# now it's time for the weather with lucy martin. hello there. an unsettled picture for the week ahead, with spells of wet and windy weather, which could be disruptive, interspersed with something drier and quieter. here's
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why, we have a strong and active jetstrea m why, we have a strong and active jetstream which acts like a sort of conveyor belt bringing areas of low pressure in off the atlantic towards oui’ pressure in off the atlantic towards our shores and those areas of low pressure bring wet and windy weather, but in between we will see something drier, quieter but it looks fairly short—lived as we continue to see those areas of low pressure moved in from the west. friday looks like it will start on a start, perhaps with a few patches of ice. some waking up to a touch of frost, but it looks like it will be mostly dry and fine through the day. could see some early coastal showers but they will tend to fade. temperatures sitting between 6— nine. the cloud will increase later in the day with rain and strengthening winds pushing into the north and west. the unsettled weather courtesy of this area of low pressure and its associated weather fronts. you can see as we go into saturday, we are in the milder air
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mass, the yellow and orange, meaning saturday is looking quite mild. comes with a good deal below across scotland, northern ireland and parts of northern england with parts of scotla nd of northern england with parts of scotland seeing perhaps 100 millimetres of rain, so we could see issues with localised flooding in the best of the drier weather further south and east. a third amount of cloud here, though. look at the temperatures, mild for the time of year. highs of 13 and windy across the board. that rain slips south—east overnight into sunday, a cold front, so we will drag in something fresher behind it. early rain to begin the day in the south and east. that will clear and we're looking at spells and showers. those showers could be wintry over high ground in the north and west. the winds lighter than saturday and the temperatures starting to come back down again, so less mild than on saturday with highs of around 6— nine, just holding onto double figures across southern parts of england. that cold front clears
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towards the east as we move into monday and then we see another drier interlude before, you guessed it, the next area of low pressure pushes in off the atlantic and it looks like a deep area of low pressure. so, for monday, while it starts off for many dry and bright, cloud will increase with rain feeding into the west. looks like that rain will come with some strong gale force winds. temperatures at a maximum of around 8-11. it temperatures at a maximum of around 8—11. it doesn't look like we're going to a great deal of change as we look further ahead. we continue to areas of low pressure feeding in. later on tuesday, it looks like we could see some particularly stormy weather. do stay across the forecast, and of course we will keep you up—to—date on that as we get closer to tuesday. but we are going to hold onto the strong jetstream as we move through the week ahead, and continue to these areas of low pressure moving in. now, there are signs at the moment that we

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