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the queen prepares to meet prince harry hello. this is bbc news. and other senior royals at a crucial summit to discuss his and meghan's future. i'm lukwesa burak. the queen attended church at sandringham this morning, a young londoner is urging more ahead of tomorrow's meeting. wheelchair users to report accessibility problems when they re travelling around the capital. belinda bradley s campaigning has already made google change its maps could harry and meghan‘s plan proved to bea to be more wheelchair could harry and meghan‘s plan proved to be a blueprint for future user—friendly. but she s not stopping there, could harry and meghan‘s plan proved to be a blueprint forfuture royal family members? as paul hawkins reports. it has been an entire journey for me it all follows the decision where i have had to throw
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by the duke and duchess of sussex myself in at the deep end. to step down as senior royals. last night, 21—year—old also tonight... belinda bradley told 900 people anti—british protests in tehran at this kingston theatre after the uk's ambassador about her campaign to make london there is arrested and released — britain condemns the move. more wheelchair friendly. as australia's prime minister it was very rewarding apologises for his handling but very full on. of the bushfires — my mum was the inspiration for it. there are calls for him to adopt a stronger we had lots of hard journeys trying to get from a to b position on climate change. when she was visiting me at university and i wanted to do and serena williams celebrates her something to help her but that has first title in three years as she takes the auckland classic turned into a thing that has helped millions of people instead. in straight sets. in august 2017, belinda started the stay loud campaign to create wheelchair friendly routes on google maps. she even started a petition which got over 300,000 signatures. seven months later, google acted. it was a long process. there was a couple of meetings first, and a lot of what ifs but then they decided good evening. they were going to introduce it to five cities, then that whole the queen and senior royals summer after that march, will meet prince harry they developed it at sandringham tomorrow for crucial for the entire world. face—to—face talks over this is a tick box on google maps the future roles of the duke for wheelchair users and duchess of sussex. it follows harry and meghan‘s decision to step back as senior to see accessible routes? yes.
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members of the royal family. this ramp is a great example of the google maps it's understood to be the first accessible route option. time prince charles, prince william and prince harry will have met since the couple made without using that route option, the announcement on wednesday. you would not know it exists and now meghan is expected local guides can rate this app tojoin the discussion and let people know it is here, from canada on the phone. and it stays on the radar our royal correspondent and therefore the app is easier sarah campbell is at sandringham for us tonight. to use and more reliable. currently around 30% of tfl stations the winter break here at sandringham are step free but the aim is to get is usually a quiet time for the closer to 40% by 202a. queen, but not this year. after the in the meantime, the mayor and belinda are encouraging wheelchair users to report accessibility problems. notjust google, doing it on social hurt and disappointment reported of media to tell tfl to do something differently, last week, we understand the queen's or different councils and boroughs. desire is a solution is found to the message is, if you see a problem this within days and that is why this within days and that is why this extraordinary family meeting has been called. for wheelchair users, report it. the queen is a familiar face here on sundays and, this morning, she attended church as normal. but these feel like very and we ll be taking an in—depth look unfamiliar times, with senior at the papers with our members of the royal family reviewers, rob merrick, all making their way here for a who's deputy political editor summit unprecedented in its nature. at the independent, and the defence correspondent for the times, lucy fisher. her majesty will have her first face—to—face meeting with prince harry, her grandson, stay tuned for that.
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since he and his wife announced time for a look at the they intended to step weather with phil avery. back as senior royals. attending the meeting, hello. prince charles, on his return sunday was a decent enough day, from oman, where he travelled notjust on dartmoor, plenty to pay his respects of sunshine around, the odd passing shower, following the death of the sultan. but things are going to change very markedly indeed prince william will also as we move into monday. be at the meeting. storm brendan is looming meghan, the duchess of sussex, is expected to join the talks in from the atlantic, a very via phone from canada, deep area of low pressure, and that means some very strong winds. where she returned last week. you will not see the rain first thing there is much to discuss across northern ireland, here at sandringham at the meeting tomorrow about the future but into mid morning, relationship between the duke and duchess of sussex and the royal family. in will come some heavy rain, it is hoped that next the wind freshening all the while, right steps will be agreed, across the british isles, ahead of but officials are stressing that any that weather system, which decisions taken about their future eventually pushes the rain into many western areas, status will take time to be implemented. accompanied by a very strong, and there are plenty perhaps disruptively strong wind. simply because some of the gusts of questions requiring answers. over east anglia by this stage, 45 mph, but up to 70 mph round about the irish sea coast. how will harry and meghan 70 mph, too, on the eastern fund their new lives and what does side of scotland, perhaps before the day financially independent is done, as much as 85 mph mean for them? will the couple keep through the western isles, their royal titles? so again, that will be speed at the moment there is no suggestion restrictions, potential travel they wish to renounce those titles. disruption, ferries could have a and the cost of harry and meghan‘s real problem in that sort
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of strength of wind. security if they live between the uk at least the rain clears away and north america is also unclear. but the wind is an ever i think the british taxpayer should present across the northern pay for the security of harry and meghan and theirfamily. parts of britain. it is a dry enough start as they do with former ministers. to tuesday away from the he has done great service, showers in central and western scotland, just on the basis of that. but not very long into the and i also understand that a young morning, here comes the next pulse couple really ought to be allowed of mild air from the atlantic. to make their own decisions that means a lot of cloud and rain about what their future should gradually pushing its way up towards be and, if they decide the central part of scotland. they want to go to canada, of course, they must it is really mild to always be protected. opinion polls and this straw poll the south but further from sandringham this morning suggests finding a solution will not be straightforward. north, that rain may fall into cooler air i certainly don't think we should and across the higher ground pay for security if he wants to try of the southern uplands and north of and remove himself from all of this. the central belt, there could be some snow. that is a very busy start to the week. but ijust don't see how he can. the wind is still there as a feature across the northern he's a royal. half of scotland, into wednesday. i think they bring a lot showers there, a weather front of business to this country, getting away from the south—east and especially with the americans. then that is a decent sort of day. after the shock of wednesday's it is still quite a blustery day announcement, this is a family trying to pull together. but nowhere near the strength of wind that we see through monday or indeed on the front page of one national tuesday. it will be another gusty old day. newspaper today, a quote reportedly from prince william, "i've put my arm around my then the isobars begin to squeeze "brother all our lives. "i can't do it any more". up on thursday again, so another windy day with the wind
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coming in from the south, a new set there is no precedent for what is being proposed, of weather fronts rolling cloud, a part royal, part private role. rain, some hill snow into scotland. widely here across these western areas. the priority now, for the sake later in the afternoon we will see of the royal family, pulses of rain working is that a way forward must be found. their way a little bit further towards the east. you have got to go as far ahead as friday to see something a bit quieter moving in sarah, this meeting is both unusual from the atlantic as that ridge of high pressure begins and unprecedented? it really is. to quieten things down. what prince harry and meghan are trying to do hasn't been tried before. the royal family trying to do hasn't been tried before. the royalfamily works trying to do hasn't been tried before. the royal family works on tradition, doing something a bit differently just doesn't tradition, doing something a bit differentlyjust doesn't happen. but there has long been a concern about what to do about the so—called spare to the air, prince harry and before him, prince andrew. what is their role in life? prince harry and meghan have decided to go their own way. if this can be found to work, maybe this will be a future blueprint for younger royals, but we
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area blueprint for younger royals, but we are a long way off on that, lots of problems and issues to be ironed out and much discussion to be had here tomorrow. sarah, thank you very much. sarah campbell at sandringham. britain's ambassador to iran was today summoned by the country's foreign ministry, accused of attending an illegal anti—government demonstration. rob macaire was arrested yesterday in the capital tehran, and detained for three hours, in apparent violation of his right to diplomatic immunity. mr macaire said he was attending a vigilfor 176 people on the passengerjet which was shot down by iran last week. today, hundreds of people gathered outside the british embassy in tehran, chanting "death to the uk" and burning the union flag. our diplomatic correspondent hello. this is bbc news. james landale reports. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first the headlines. outside the british embassy in tehran today, hundreds of anti—british demonstrators protest outside an angry demonstration. the embassy in tehran. men burning flags, crying, here, the government calls "death to the uk". an organised protest yesterday's detention of the ambassador, "a flagrant by hardline militia linked to iran's revolutionary guard, violation of international law".
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all calling for britain's ambassador to be expelled from the country. it's completely unacceptable. i think you are right, a breach of certainly rob macaire was detained the vienna convention and a whole by police yesterday range of things. for what iran's foreign ministry described as inappropriate behaviour urgent talks between the queen, at an illegal gathering prince harry and meghan, of anti—government protesters. the ambassador, seen here next will be held tomorrow over to the former foreign secretary, the royal couple's future. jeremy hunt, was held for three 8,000 people are ordered hours until his identity from their homes and manila was confirmed and he was released. international airport puts all flights on hold, after steam and ash erupt the foreign office said the ambassador had been from a volcano in the philippines. paying his respects at a vigil for those who'd died when the ukrainian airliner shot in australia the terrible toll of the bushfires down by an iranian forces. on the country's rich wildlife amid growing, angry demonstrations and many endangered species. in tehran at the government's handling of the crisis. mr macaire was nonetheless summoned to the iranian foreign ministry to explain himself. he told them his detention was unjustified and a violation of international law. in a tweet, he said...
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completely unacceptable. i think you are right, a breach of certainly the vienna convention and a whole range of things. iran is at a crossroads. they've got a decision to make and the point we are making, the foreign secretary has said just this morning, is we want to see things de—escalate. we want to see iran come back into the international fold and play their part but they are at a crossroads. officials here at the foreign office have been mounting a robust defence of their ambassador. but they are equally keen to ensure this incident doesn't further damage uk iran relations. particularly when their overarching strategy is to de—escalate tensions, rather than inflame them. those tensions have been high after the us assassinated a top iranian general. iran retaliated against us bases in iraq and the ukrainian airliner was shot down by an iranian missile. the prime minister at a state
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funeral in oman, joined his french and german counterparts in seeking to reassure iran that they were still committed to the deal curbing its nuclear programme. but the country's supreme leader, seen here today, was again defined. calling for more cooperation in the middle east to tackle, what he called, "the corruptive presence of the united states." james landale, bbc news. meanwhile, further memorials for those killed in the iran plane crash have been taking place in city of toronto. of the 176 victims, 57 were canadian. our north america correspondent aleem maqbool has been speaking to some of those, who lost loved ones. for many, the sudden loss is just too hard to bear. families dotted across this country are having memorial events, but none even have bodies to bury as yet. here, they remember iman and parinaz ghaderpanah. she basically said, we are safe, we are in the plane
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and we are about to take off. they texted friends a photo of themselves just minutes before they were killed. the community is angry. that anger here is directed not just at the iranian regime but at the usa. if they hadn't started, none of this mess would have started. these kids — why? i mean, parinaz and iman were 33, 3a years old. theyjust had a life ahead of them. well, right across the country today, they are coming together in huge numbers to commemorate those lives that were lost. here, among the iranian community in toronto, it feels like everyone knew someone who was on that plane. at this gathering they spent a moment to pay tribute to each of the dozens of canadians who were killed. aged nine...
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now he's gone. massoud's older brother, farhad, was on that harrowing list. they've yet to tell his children their father won't be coming home. this has never happened in the history. nobody knows how to deal with that, but all the families that i know, the remainders are all full of rage. of course, we still don't know what's happening and honestly i'm not expecting anything from their government. ladies and gentlemen, please join us for a moment of silence. and others here expressed frustration at the regime in tehran, but added there was little now that could help them get over their loss. aleem maqbool, bbc news, in toronto. a dramatic release of ash and steam from a volcano in the philippines has led the authorities there to order eight thousand people to leave the area. sped—up footage of the taal volcano, south of the philippine capital, manila, shows the plume of white smoke that's one kilometre high. as tremors shook the area,
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sped up footage shows a volcanic lightning storm in the column of steam and ash. the authorities have raised the alert level and manila's international airport has put all flights on hold. china has urged the international community to oppose taiwanese independence, after the landslide victory yesterday of president tsai ing—wen. president tsai, who advocates greater autonomy for the island , urged beijing to remember the importance of peace, democracy, and dialogue. but chinese officials said her victory didn't change the fact that taiwan was part of what it calls "one china". australia's prime minister says he regrets his handling of the bushfire crisis, which has killed at least 28 people and destroyed thousands of homes, in the wake of the country s hottest and driest year on record. scott morrison has faced mounting criticism over his governments ties to the coal industry and its record of dismissing action
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on climate change. for many australians, the current crisis is a wake up call that demands action. clive myrie's in the town of cooma. sadly, another very busy day ahead for the thousands of firefighters still fighting hundreds of fires right across the south east area of australia. yes, scott morrison, the prime minister has admitted he believes the government made m ista kes believes the government made mistakes in its handling of all this. the fact is, his approval rating has plummeted as a result of that, with more australians now saying they believe this bushfire crisis is the result of climate change and the government is doing too little about it. is this australia's future? the new normal? bush fires have come and gone here for centuries. but nothing as intense as this.
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walls of heat and fire, ten, 20, 30, a0 kilometres wide. inconceivable. so you could be out here at night and feathertailed gliders would come down the trees and look at you. used to wake up every morning to hundreds of birds, big birds, little birds, birds on the ground, birds up the trees and there's nothing any more. samantha calls this state forest home, living among the wallabies and kangaroos. and unfortunately it almost seems like an extinction event, because there haven't been any dead bodies, any injured animals. anything living was incinerated. some now believe these fires may be a turning point for australia. its people forced to confront mortality on several fronts. this is a game changer.
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people are seeing the tangible effects of a drier climate. a majority of australians are now rank climate change as the top threat to australia's vital interests, above other more conventional threats to national interests, including cyber security an attack from china, or even a strike from north korea. look, you can see where it's come down through here. it's completely scorched up there. kevin farms oysters and for him climate change is a present danger, as warmer waters kill the plankton they feed on. bushfires started here perhaps now and into february, march, april. they're starting so much earlier. i believe it is climate change. the government is asleep at the wheel. and that government is led by scott morrison, who as a minister four years ago nailed his colours to the mast in the climate change debate. this is coal, don't be afraid, don't be scared. the treasurer knows the rule on props. it's coal, there's no word
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for coalaphobia officially, mr speaker, but that's the malady that afflicts those opposite. but australians are angry and the prime minister today did acknowledge climate change is a factor in the bushfires. but the powerful coal lobby and the right—wing of his party will fight meaningful change. as firefighters head to another blaze, australia's governor general, the queen's representative, arrives in new south wales. he's greeted by the state's transport minister, who says government policy must change. we've got to talk about climate engineering, not climate science any more. we've got to talk about how we're going to make sure our communities are more resilient, how we use water and how we build the right infrastructure. back in the burnt out forest, signs of hope. a magpie, yeah, yeah, happy.
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we just make sure if they come back after the fire, and one parent and two babies have, so it's really good to see. the bushfires have exposed the fragility of life in all its forms. while many are angry now, as the earth gets hotter what happens when the fury fades? that blood red sun, one of the defining images of this crisis. australia is one of the world's biggest net exporters of coal. some yea rs biggest net exporters of coal. some years it is the biggest. vital to jobs and the economy but climate activists say, there are no jobs on activists say, there are no jobs on a dead planet and frankly tourism is as important. the fact is, these bushfires have resulted in some areas, visitor numbers being down by as much as 80%. with that, it is
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back to you. clive, thank you very much. in cooma. labour leadership contenders have been making their final pitches today, ahead of tomorrow's deadline for nominations. four out of six have already reached the threshold to go to the next round. clive lewis and shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry, have not yet received enough nominations. there'll be a further round on wednesday and the new leader will eventually be chosen at the beginning of april. sir roger scruton, one of the country's most prominent conservative philosophers, has died aged 75 after a six—month battle with cancer. the prolific intellectual, author of some 50 books on morals, politics, architecture and aesthetics, died earlier today, with a family statement saying they are "hugely proud of him and of all his achievements". he was knighted for his services to philosophy, teaching and public education four years ago. with all the sport now, here's holly hamilton at the bbc sport centre.
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football results coming up, but first, serena williams is a winner again, claiming her first title in three years at the auckland international. she's donated the prize money to the australian bushfire appeal but for williams, this is a significant victory, herfirst since becoming a mother, as katie gornall reports. the great champions are those who endure when they are tested. in two decades of dominance, serena williams has seen it all. two and a half years ago, she nearly died giving birth to her daughter, alexis. understandably, the road back to the top has been long and uncertain. williams has walked out into five finals since becoming a parent and lost them all. early on, she seemed to be heading down that same path as her compatriot, jessica pegula, raced into a 3—1 lead but then as we have seen time and again over the years, williams gathered herself, hitting back with her customary power and precision. after wrapping up the first set 6—3 in auckland, williams broke early in the second
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and stayed out in front. eventually, she closed out the set and the match for a victory which clearly meant so much. and with the australian open around the corner, williams is hungry for more. i'm feeling pretty good. i'm feeling fit, like i have had some good matches and long rallies, short rallies, power players, elements. this is exactly what i needed going into melbourne. a record—equalling 24th grand slam title is now in her sights and yet again, serena williams has proved that age and motherhood is no obstacle to success. katie gornall, bbc news. on to the premier league — match of the day two follows the news so if you don't want to know today's results, look away now. sergio aguero scored a hat—trick as manchester city thrashed aston villa 6—1 to move back to second in the table — still trailing leaders liverpool by 14 points. meanwhile, watford have moved out of the relegation zone
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for the first time this season after beating fellow strugglers bournemouth 3—0. and in the championship, cardiff city and swansea city had to settle for a goalless draw. arsenal women moved three points clear at the top of the wsl with a straightforward victory at brighton. jordan nobbs one of the four names on the score sheet in a 4—0 win. iran's only female olympic medallist, kimia alizadeh, says she's defected because she didn't want to be part of "hypocrisy, lies, injustice and flattery". she made history for iran in 2016 when she won a bronze medal in taekwondo at the rio olympics. in a post on instagram, alizadeh, who has not revealed where she is, said authorities in the islamic republic had used her success as a propaganda tool. the rugby league community gathered together at headingley stadium in honour of leeds rhinos legend rob burrow who's been diagnosed with motor neurone disease. burrow held back tears as he took to the field in front of more than 20,000 people
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at a special pre—season friendly featuring current and former players of the rhinos and bradford bulls. i have been lucky enough to win some trophies, but today, bringing the kids out is something beyond that. i've had an absolutely lovely day. there's more on the bbc sport website including the latest from snooker‘s masters, where there's been a shock defeat. but from me, goodnight. and that's it from us. now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. 00:22:37,983 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 goodnight.
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