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route again. his fourth there rock. route again. his fourth victim would be faf du plessis. now victory tomorrow may only be a dry hour away. patrick gearey, victory tomorrow may only be a dry houraway. patrick gearey, bbc victory tomorrow may only be a dry hour away. patrick gearey, bbc news. in the premier league, leaders liverpool are currently beating manchester united 1—nil at anfield, victory would take them 16 points clear the top. leicester are still third in the table after they lost 2—1 at burnley. ashley westwood with the winner for the home side. that's your sport. that's it for now. we're back with the late news at ten. now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. high—pressure brought very different weather to weekend. high pressure brought very different weather to our shores this weekend.
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a lot of dry weather with sunshine, but it was cold with frost and fog during the mornings. monday, we start the new working week with high pressure and it will stay mainly dry with a good deal of sunshine, particularly gci’oss southern areas. further north, we've got these weatherfronts and more isobars bringing in more cloud and breeze. we start monday on a less cold note across the north and west of scotland than much of central, southern portions of the uk. a hard frost out of town across central and southern england, with some mist and fog likely, too. a big, strong area of high pressure holding on throughout monday. these weather fronts continue to bring in thicker cloud across north and west of scotland. the odd spot of rain for the northern isles. that breeze fairly strong from the south—west, so it does mean it will be a bit milder in the north—west, temperatures around 10, 11 degrees. more cloud for northern ireland on monday, same for the far north of england — but generally, for most of england and wales, it will be sunny after the cold and frosty start and another chilly afternoon. subtle change on tuesday, as the weather front in the north—west comes down for a bit across the northern half of the country. it means with more
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cloud across the north, it will be less cold than it will be further south to greet us on tuesday morning. some mist and fog, sunshine in the south and the weather front sinking south with barely anything on it. it could bring some drizzle in scotland and northern ireland and northern england and north wales in the afternoon. temperatures topping out at 9 or 10 but generally single—figure values. that weather front eventually moves away on wednesday. high pressure dominates and lighter winds, another largely dry day. wednesday, we could see variable amounts of cloud and the best of the sunshine at this stage could be across the eastern side of scotland with brightness in the south—west of england and in towards the south—east. elsewhere, it could be murky with hill fog and mist at times. it will feel quite chilly with temperatures topping out at 9 or 10. it stays largely dry for the rest of the week thanks to high pressure but changes as we move into
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part two of the coming weekend. this is bbc news. i'm rachel schofield. the headlines at 6.03pm: the queen attends church near sandringham after reaching an agreement with prince harry and meghan over their future. the duke and duchess of sussex will no longer use their hrh titles and will give up all royal duties from the spring. i think the whole country will want to join in wishing them the very best for the future. in other news, police in england and wales will have more powers to deal with stalkers with new protection orders from this week. world leaders meet in berlin to try to bring to an end to nearly nine years of fighting in libya. and the documents seen by the bbc which accused africa's richest woman of making her fortune through
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corruption and exploiting her own country. the huge hailstones hitting parts of australia, as storms lead to fears of flooding allowing the bushfires. —— following the bushfires. good evening of the duke and duchess of sussex are to begin establishing the details of how the new life free from royal duties will work after the agreement announced yesterday by the agreement announced yesterday by the queen. she was at church near sandringham this morning as the prime minister boris johnson sandringham this morning as the prime minister borisjohnson says he wished harry and meghan the best and was sure the royal family would find a way forward. at the duchess's father has accused them of keeping a
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great institution. here's are royal —— are royal correspondent nicholas witchell. the words the queen used yesterday about harry and meghan where warm and supportive, but the deal done with them by her officials was an uncompromising one. the reputation of the royal family must be protected. it's already been battered by prince andrew's misjudgment and the family doesn't want any embarrassment from the sussexes once they're cut loose in canada. i think families are always a problem and i think she's dealt with it incredibly well. ijust think it's a shame. and it's a shame with the little one as well. yeah. yeah, for the whole family. william, charles, everybody. it is. as long as we're not paying for the lifestyle they're hoping to live, then i don't have a problem with that. there was support, too, from the prime minister. i think the whole country will want to join in wishing them the very best for the future. i said before that i was sure that the royal family, which has been around a very long time, will find a way forward and i'm sure it will.
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but there was a very much less supportive judgment from meghan's estranged father, thomas. this is like one of the greatest long—living institutions ever. they're destroying it. they're cheapening it. they're making it shabby. they're turning it into a walmart with a crown on it. it's slightly more than two years ago that harry and meghan did their first official engagement together in nottingham. come this spring, there will be no more of this. they won't be allowed to use their royal rank or to represent the queen. there will be questions about his immigration status in canada, and her declared aim of securing british citizenship. they can earn money, but they'll be expected to avoid anything unseemly. the palace is wary of the american advisors meghan has around her. they've already trademarked
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sussex royal as a charitable and social media vehicle for the couple. but is the use of the word royal still appropriate? that's just one of the matters still under discussion. all these new arrangements will take effect in the spring. they will be reviewed in 12 months‘ time. but for now, the die is cast. one of the most popular figures within the royalfamily is preparing with his wife to say farewell. nicholas witchell, bbc news, at buckingham palace. the duke and duchess of sussex‘s official royal duties will stop in the spring, which means that we knew longer be able to throw as much of a spotlight on charitable organisations and causes. are royal correspondent daniela relph has been exploring the impact their work has had. birkenhead a year ago. harry and meghan at work. here viewing a sculpture created to mark the hundredth anniversary of the death of the war poet wilfred owen.
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this is the bread—and—butter of royal duty that they will no longer do. the couple met the artist who created the sculpture. for him, the visit of a royal prince, who is also an army veteran, really mattered. it brought a huge amount to the town. to the credibility of the project as well. it was big enough on its own, but that little extra bit that the royal brought was incredible. it was phenomenal. it was a very worthy thing, and it will be sadly missed. royal duty had, on the surface, appeared to suit harry and meghan. they had a natural ease with the public. and, crucially, a more relaxed, informal approach helped them engage with younger, more diverse communities. and i'm in the same room as the royal couple right now. much of this kind of work now stops. but they will hang on to some of their projects, those where they are not formally representing the queen. that is where their passion lies, both of them.
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they are people who want to do good things in the world. and that's their vehicle for doing them. and so i think it's great that they're hanging onto those. the royal family brand is big business, especially here in windsor. it is home for harry and meghan in the uk. although they'll be spending much less time here, there is support for the decision they've made. i think probably getting away from it all is... it's their choice and, you know, i think they could have gone about it a little bit differently, but, you know, you don't know what goes on behind closed doors and that's just the way it goes. palace officials say the talks over harry and meghan's future have been friendly and constructive. but there will be disappointment within the family that the potential of harry and meghan as working royals won't be realised. daniela relph, bbc news. earlier, i spoke to the royal historian anna whitelock about the latest on prince harry and meghan's decision to step back.
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people have been speculating over the last few days whether you could be part in, part out of the royal family and the firm, and the answer is apparently no full sub you have to leave decisively and that's what's been announced yesterday. they will retain their hrh but not use them and they are, for all intents and purposes, and out out of the firm, leaving the queen, prince charles and prince william to carry on with royal duties and carry on with the responsibilities that come with the responsibilities that come with the responsibilities that come with the british monarchy. the state m e nts with the british monarchy. the statements that we have had from all sides suggest it is an arrangement that everybody‘s happy with. what do you think of the wider implications? i think it's interesting that that initial statement that provokes this crisis from harry and meghan actually talked about progressive roles within the institution. it
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suggests perhaps they have not gotten entirely what they wanted. they felt they could have a bit of a halfway house, part royal, part independent, not being responsible to the institution of monarchy in the same way, not perhaps turning up for those balcony moments at buckingham palace, but now it is a decisive departure. for some people, this will seem like an abdication of duty and responsibility. others will wish them well and hope they get the independents and the privacy they clearly seek. in terms of wider implications, this is the beginning ofa implications, this is the beginning of a streamlined royal family. and charles has talked in the past about intending to slim down the family for the future, a focus at that point on him when he becomes king and then william and harry. clearly now, that is no longer going to be a future of harry's life. it will not be left to william to support prince
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charles also but i think if it works, as your correspondent said there, it will provide a blueprint for future generations that, yes, you might be born in the royal family as prince harry was, but it does not mean that you have to stay there and live a rigid and defined life propping up the institution i'm waving on the balcony, scrutinised by the press. but perhaps not having meaningful role in life and in society that you perhaps want and clearly harry and meghan have not been happy over the last few months andindeed been happy over the last few months and indeed years, and there is a sense, clearly in the queen's statements, tense as it is with sadness and disappointment, that she understands. if this is indeed to prove a blueprint for the future, one of the key issue seems to be how one of the key issue seems to be how one would expect other members of the royalfamily, one would expect other members of the royal family, non—core one would expect other members of the royalfamily, non—core members, to make a living and to support themselves without incurring the
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wrath of the public expecting a bit of public money and a bit of private money. i think that is right. the finances remain the big thorny issue. prince charles has supported both his sons to the duchy of cornwall a good deal over the past few years. cornwall a good deal over the past few yea rs. i cornwall a good deal over the past few years. i don't it we are going to imagine that harry and meghan are going to be actively earning a living. they are wealthy in their own right. rinse here particularly from an inheritance from his mother and his great—grandmother the queen mother, but there has been suggestions that may meghan is going to do suggestions that may meghan is going todoa suggestions that may meghan is going to do a voiceover for disney, harry will work with oprah winfrey to produce a documentary on mental health. the concern for the palace will be that they don't stein out on the royal brand, their trademark of the royal brand, their trademark of the name sussex royal. the hope they will not commercialize that brand too much, and that we don't see them endorsing brands which can palace would feel to be very distasteful. all of this remains to be worked out
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and it's going to be reviewed in a yea r‘s and it's going to be reviewed in a year's time to see how and if it is working. a work in progress. i wonder, finally, even the fact that we we re wonder, finally, even the fact that we were talking about the possibility of a slims down monarchy in the future, a risk that those left will feel they have too much on their plates? i think that is a concern. prince charles, of course, has been more active in support of his aged mother, the queen, and when prince charles does inevitably inherit the throne he will not be a young man himself. he is 70 now and i think the expectation was that both his sons william and harry would support him. now, clearly, it falls to only william, and i think it's huge pressure now on william and kate, the duke and duchess of
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campers, and it is going to be interest in whether publics into the swings in favour of william and kate who are seen as now having to fulfil their destiny, their role, uphold royal responsibility in a way that harry has abdicated. anna whitelock speaking to me earlier. people accused of stalking are to be prevented from contacting or approaching their alleged victims while they're being investigated. from tomorrow, police will be able to apply to magistrates for a stalking protection order before someone is charged — if they break it, they could be jailed for five years. charlotte gallagher reports. the global superstar rihanna and the hollywood actors john cusack and sandra bullock, just some of the high—profile victims of stalking. this kind of harassment usually only makes the headlines when celebrities are involved, but it's frighteningly common. in england and wales, one in five women and one in ten men will experience stalking
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at some point in their lives. campaigners say victims are usually targeted by an ex partner or someone they've had contact with. zoe dronfield was subjected to an eight—hour ordeal by a former boyfriend and nearly died. in 2014, i was almost murdered by an ex—partner. i'd entered the relationship and he was starting to stalk me, so i was being harassed, stalked, he was contacting me on all sorts of platforms, and this was hundreds of times a day. tomorrow, police gain new powers to tackle stalking. they'll be able to apply for court orders which will ban suspects from contacting or approaching their alleged victims while officers are investigating. if suspects breach the order, they could be jailed for up to five years.
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the organisation which represents senior police officers, the national police chiefs council, is welcoming these new measures, calling them another tool to help improve the safety of stalking victims. it's also encouraging anyone who is a victim of stalking to come forward as soon as possible and get help. the minister for women visiting a helpline for stalking victims. staff here are on the front line of the problem. these are really groundbreaking orders that the police will be able to apply for to protect the victims of stalking, but also to make sure that the perpetrators are getting the treatment programmes and so on that they need to break their cycle of abuse. it's hoped these new powers will prevent cases like alice ruggle's. she was murdered by an ex—boyfriend who'd been stalking her. alice's family say these court orders could have made a critical difference. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. the prime minister has met president putin for the first time at a summit in berlin aimed at bringing peace to libya. the united nations says it's
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hoping for an agreement that stops the flow of foreign weapons and troops into the country. it's been plagued for the last nine years by fighting between forces loyal to the un—backed government and the self—styled libyan national army. we are saying, "look, folks, this has gone on long enough. it's a disgrace." yes, we got rid of gaddafi back in 2011, but it's time now to move on and to bring libya together under the un, that's what we want to do, we want to have a un—led peace process. and stop this jockeying for position. the people of libya have suffered enough. it's time for the country to move forward. our correspondent, jenny hill is at the summit in berlin, and gave us this update. we are waiting for an announcement from the delegates. more than ten countries are represented in these talks which have been going on now for some four hours. the situation in libya is so volatile, so complicated, that the officials here in berlin have said that the fact
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that the summit is taking place at all is a huge achievement. the two men at the heart of the conflict, the un's recognised libyan prime minister, and the warlord from the east of the country who is challenging him, hadn't met in person during the talks but what is really crucial to the so—called berlin process are the foreign powers, foreign powers like russia, turkey, the united arab emirates, who have been backing the warring factions, sending in weapons, troops and money, and it is the aim of the summit to stop that foreign influence as a first step towards a lasting ceasefire. we're still waiting to find out what kind of achievement, if any, has been reached at the summit. officials here in berlin say simply keeping the situation as it is, stopping it worsening, would be cause for celebration. jenny hill with the latest from berlin now. 19 minutes past 6pm. here are headlines.
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the queen attends church near sandringham after reaching an agreement with prince harry and meghan over their future. in other news, police in england and wales will have more powers to deal with stalkers as new protection orders take effect tomorrow. as we just heard, world leaders as wejust heard, world leaders meet in berlin to try and bring an end to nearly nine years of fighting in libya. most immigrants to the uk don't feel they're discriminated against according to new research based on survey data. but those from non—eu countries were twice as likely as eu migrants to say they felt they were treated differently because of their ethnicity, nationality or religion. it comes ahead of a report from government advisers that's likely to form the basis of a new post brexit immigration system. our home editor mark easton reports. injune, i received an e—mail from bbc. let me just read it to you... i contacted alex last summer because i was interested in his strong views on immigration.
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mark easton, bbc home editor. after my approach, alex posted a video on youtube to talk about his experiences living in south wales. today, i will be talking about brexit, britain, europe and so on. alex is from latvia and works as a window cleaner. what interested me about his thoughts on being a migrant in britain was how positive he was. we meet at last! yes, that's right! very nice to see you, alex. from the beginning, i was afraid, because you have to interact with people. i have an accent. i have a different opinion of the world. but everything was great. altogether, it's been a fascinating experience. alex is not unusual. nine out of ten eu migrants here say they don't feel they belong to a group that suffers discrimination. the figure is eight out of ten for migrants from further afield. and seven out of ten foreigners in britain say they think the country is welcoming.
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ijust made the video to point out that i do like britain. it became my home, and i don't have a problem with it. alex isjust a lovely young man, and i'm so proud of him. he took a chance, gave up his family, and he just came on the off chance. what's not to be admired? this chef's experience of living in britain has not been so positive. from bangladesh, also now living in south wales, he says he's a victim of the government's hostile environment — wrongly accused by the home office of being a sex offender, his documents lost, mixed up or destroyed. do you feel you have been discriminated against? yes, sir. i feel they treated me as worse than a dog animal
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yes, sir. i feel they treated me as worse than a dog animal because of my race, religion and nationality. i feel that, therefore, they treated me discrimination. despite what a judge described as historic injustice, and an apology from the home secretary, saiful is still facing deportation. i cannot work because of their unfair treatment. saiful has spent 16 years fighting to stay in britain, but the home office insist his work permit has long expired, he has no right to remain and must return to bangladesh. it's interesting. public hostility to immigration, research suggests, has more to do with ethnicity than simply being foreign. for example, uk—born children of immigrants are more likely to say they feel discriminated against than new migrants from the eu. prejudice still persists, but for most foreigners here, the uk appears a welcoming and friendly place. nice to meet you, mark, as well. mark easton, bbc news, south wales. the areas of australia worst hit by bushfires are now at risk of flash flooding and power cuts
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as a result of rainstorms. in the state of victoria, many fires have been put out by the storms but giant hailstones have also damaged property. john donnison reports. in a year of extreme weather, for australians, it doesn't just rain, it pours. hailstones the size of golf balls in the state of victoria. so intense, it shattered ruth. so intense, it shattered roofs. and all this in the middle of summer, as large parts of the country continue to burn. in melbourne, battered by high winds, few can remember such a dramatic shift in weather. such a freak storm. i was watching television, i went into the bedroom and i just looked out the window and the gumtree, which is two stories high, just disappeared. it was a white out at this birthday party, abandoned as people huddled for shelter. and this is a cricket pitch. no chance of a resumption in play any time soon, with more rain and hailforecast
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in the next 2a hours. but after months of hot temperatures fuelling the devastating fires, this, for many, will be welcome relief. john donnison, bbc news. president trump's legal team has set out its response to the impeachment charges against him, saying they violate the constitution and fail to show that any law was broken. a six—page document issued by his lawyers argues that next week's trial in the senate amounts to a dangerous attack on american democracy. police have fired water cannon at protesters after rocks were thrown near the parliament building in the lebanese capital, beirut. violence escalated yesterday, with over 400 people injured in clashes between demonstrators and the country's security forces. anti—government protests began in october over the struggling economy and allegations of corruption, which led to the resignation
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of lebanon's prime minister. the space company spacex has successfully carried out a test to determine if its astronaut capsule can be returned safely to earth in an emergency. the rehearsal at kennedy space center saw an ascent by a falcon 9 rocket deliberately terminated just 80 seconds after lift—off. the unmanned dragon capsule on top — which can carry seven astronauts — fired its escape engines to detach itself. parachutes then brought the capsule to a safe splashdown in the sea. a bbc investigation has seen documents that show how africa s richest woman made herfortune through exploiting her own country and corruption. isabel dos santos is the daughter of the former angolan president, eduardo dos santos. the documents show she got access to lucrative deals involving land, diamonds, oil and telecoms while herfather was in power. isobel dos santos has denied any wrongdoing.
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richard bilton reports. isabel dos santos is africa's richest women. she lives in london with a glamorous life and famous friends. a leak of more than 700,000 documents from her business empire was obtained by the platform to protect whistle—blowers in africa, and shared with the international consortium of investigativejournalists. much of isabel dos santos's wealth comes from some very dubious deals. her father is eduardo dos santos, who ruled angola for 38 years. and he followed a pattern — he would issue a decree or order, his daughter and her family would get deals. on land, telecoms, even for buying and selling and angola's diamonds. the documents show, as the years go by, the deals keep coming,
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and her fortune grows. i think that she got the opportunity to become rich and take the opportunity that her father, by decree, would transfer state assets, state monies, to her. take oil. angola has vast reserves. the state oil company, sonangol, gave isabel dos santos a very good deal on a very valuable asset. she was able to buy a lucrative stake in a portuguese energy company by paying only 15% up front. the rest turned into a loan from sonangol. that deal made her three quarters of a billion euros. that's absolutely the definition of corruption. she was put in a favoured position because she was the daughter of the president. it got worse. the president later made his daughter head of sonangol. she says it was a sensible move.
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i worked for them as a consultant. then, after i finish my consultancy work, invited me and asked if i would consider a position to become sonangol‘s chairperson. isabel dos sa ntos's lawyers deny all the bbc‘s allegations, and say she's been involved in no wrongdoing. they say it's a politically motivated witch hunt by the angolan government. and the deal with the energy company earned sonangol money. but her father is no longer president, and angola want answers. these documents tell the story of where isabel dos santos's fortune really comes from. richard bilton, bbc news, angola. and you can watch more on that story in panorama: the corrupt billionaire — which is on bbc one tomorrow night at 8.30pm. now, time for a look at the weather with stav danaos.
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hello there. largely sunny days some of the weekend very nicely indeed as we head on into the new working week. i pressure holding onto a lot of dry weather with variable clubs also some good spots of sunshine and it will remain on the cold side. here it is, this big, very strong area of high pressure dominating the scene as we head through sunday night. more weatherfronts, more isobars across the north of the country, so north and western scotland breezier, cloudier and less cold to start monday morning. further south, under those clearer skies, it's going to be another cold one, and even frost and fog patches around, too. high pressure with us as we head through monday. these weather fronts encroaching into the north and west of the uk, bringing thicker cloud, the odd spot of rain at times and it will be quite breezy, too, some of that cloud pushing into northern ireland and much of western scotland
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