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to bring back democracy. this was phone's world before general min aung hlaing seized back power. he's a musician, who was just about to release his first album. the coup crushed those dreams. chanting we followed phone over weeks, as he took to the streets, armed with home—made shields. gunshots the military hits back this time with tear gas and rubber bullets.
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the next day, near phone's house, the response is live ammunition. shouting gunshots the horror captured on social media, the tool protesters are using to tell the world what's happening. the military has promised a new election will be held, but have refused to provide a timeline. state tv now announces each night who will be arrested next. phone and his sister decide, like many, to flee yangon. he's talking aboutjoining an armed resistance.
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singing more than 750 people have now been killed. the fight for the future of myanmar looks long and violent. rebecca henschke, bbc news. and for more on that story, you can watch �*0ur world: myanmar: the spring revolution�*, on the bbc news channel on sunday evening, at 9:30. dozens of people had to be rescued from a tower block in east london this morning, after a fire broke out and spread over three floors. the flats are partially covered in cladding similar to the type used at grenfell tower. more than 30 people needed medical treatment for smoke inhalation. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. for people in flats with fire—safety issues, this is the nightmare... open the door! it's open, it's open! ..but at nine this morning, it's what confronted residents. as i opened the door to leave my flat, that's when i bumped into one
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of the security guards running up, screaming that, "there's a fire, there's a fire, get out!". and he was sweating, and i could clearly tell that this was serious, it wasn't a drill. 120 firefighters tackled the flames and rescued residents, some suffering from the effects of the smoke. we recognise that this has got cladding that is very similar to grenfell. we have got our fire investigation teams and our fire safety teams looking at this building and the procedures that have been put in place. the fire spread three floors of a building which has silver cladding — identified as a risk. experts believe it is likely to be combustible, and work to start removing it was due to begin in the coming weeks, but that's after a delay of more than three—and—a—half years since it was first identified as a problem. this could happen again. we need to get this cladding off buildings as soon as possible.
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not waiting around for finance, not waiting round for new bills to go through government. get it off, keep us all safe. there are hundreds and thousands of people that are affected by this. the building's owner, ballymore, said the cladding didn't play a part in today's fire, but the government has accused a subsidiary of the company of consistently failing to take action to remove it. £8 million from the government's building safety fund has been allocated to speed things up, but flat owners will have to find the rest — that's £3.5 million. tom symonds, bbc news, east london. and before we go, a reminder of our main story. there have been significant gains for the conservatives in england's elections. including in the hartlepool by—election, where major gains for the conservatives in england as labour's leader admits his party's lost the trust of working people. labour has fared better in wales, holding firm, and in scotland, the snp has made gains though it is not
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clear whether they will have enough seats for an outright majority in the scottish parliament. votes are still being counted and will continue into tomorrow, and in some cases sunday and monday. we'll bring you all the latest throughout the weekend, and there's a full list of results, as they stand, on the bbc news website. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are deputy political editor of the spectator, katy balls, and daily mirror assistant editor, jason beattie. good to have both of you with us this evening. a look at elections results, the ft reports that borisjohnson has �*tightened his political grip on england', after being �*propelled'
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by the vaccine rollout. also looking at the elections across england — the mail leads with the conservative�*s victory in the hartlepool by—election and a �*string' of gains. looking ahead to the scottish parliamentary election aftermath, the prime minister's warnings against a scottish independence vote lead on the front of the telegraph — alongside reports of delays 15 times longer than normal at airports when foreign travel ban is lifted. and travel fronts the guardian it highlights how �*portugal and israel are on the " green list�* — it also cover reports that the labour party is in turmoil following defeats in hartlepool and tees valley. and it�*s the headline �*labour in turmoil�* that makes the front of the i, as it suggest that sir keir starmer says party has lost the trust of working people�*. �*prime minister eyes decade in power�* leads the times, as it reports victories in labour�*s former heartlands.
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let�*s get doug straight in. do you want to kick us off, it�*s a clever little headline this. the day boris blew up labour because he is buzzing in hartlepool complete with a blow—up boris, and presumably more pro—boris then the donald trump in a nap he was last year. pro-boris then the donald trump in a nap he was last year.— nap he was last year. that's the intention at _ nap he was last year. that's the intention at least. _ nap he was last year. that's the intention at least. the - nap he was last year. that's the intention at least. the daily - nap he was last year. that's the | intention at least. the daily mail front page of looking at the fact that they are still getting this election results in but england specifically, the tories have much to celebrate, real sense of celebration and the party over some of the results. particularly the the by—election. a majority of over 6000, quite unprecedented for a government in power, the party that�*s been in powerfor so long. some council gains come from that
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and the by—election, and the tees valley mayor. a huge margin and we are waiting tomorrow for the west midlands mayor to mexico for the tory candidate they are. and it really is shaping up to be a cementing of borisjohnson�*s grip on the red wall. in the sense that we are looking to the 2019 election. it does not look like a blip of the tories window seats. it�*s the start of a pattern. i tories window seats. it's the start of a pattern-— of a pattern. i have not seen the daily mirror— of a pattern. i have not seen the daily mirror front _ of a pattern. i have not seen the daily mirror front page _ of a pattern. i have not seen the daily mirror front page yet - of a pattern. i have not seen the daily mirror front page yet but . of a pattern. i have not seen the i daily mirror front page yet but how was your paper going to play these results? we was your paper going to play these results? ~ ., ., ., results? we are not hiding that labour have — results? we are not hiding that labour have had _ results? we are not hiding that labour have had a _ results? we are not hiding that labour have had a very - results? we are not hiding that labour have had a very bad - results? we are not hiding that i labour have had a very bad night results? we are not hiding that - labour have had a very bad night in england~ _ labour have had a very bad night in england. it's important to point out, _ england. it's important to point out, you — england. it's important to point out, you know, we have not call the results _ out, you know, we have not call the results yet — out, you know, we have not call the results yet. the elections in manchester, london, liverpooland manchester, london, liverpool and the west _
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manchester, london, liverpool and the west of— manchester, london, liverpooland the west of england and etc are coming — the west of england and etc are coming tomorrow. and labour is expected — coming tomorrow. and labour is expected to do reasonably well in them _ expected to do reasonably well in them. expecting andy burnham to come back strongly. not truly disastrous. you took_ back strongly. not truly disastrous. you took at — back strongly. not truly disastrous. you look at wales, the party is or should _ you look at wales, the party is or should doing better than expected. so labour— should doing better than expected. so labour can win, but the problem is in england— so labour can win, but the problem is in england when it seems to have gone _ is in england when it seems to have gone backwards. ithink is in england when it seems to have gone backwards. i think one factor here is— gone backwards. i think one factor here is incumbents seem to be doing particularly _ here is incumbents seem to be doing particularly well, whether it's mark drakeford — particularly well, whether it's mark drakeford or nicola sturgeon up in scottahd~ — drakeford or nicola sturgeon up in scotland. 0r borisjohnson in westminster. there may be a covid factor _ westminster. there may be a covid factor here — westminster. there may be a covid factor here with the vaccine, and after— factor here with the vaccine, and after the — factor here with the vaccine, and after the uncertainty of never won a looking _ after the uncertainty of never won a looking for— after the uncertainty of never won a looking for continuity may be from their leaders.— looking for continuity may be from their leaders. also featuring on the front of the — their leaders. also featuring on the front of the i. _ their leaders. also featuring on the front of the i. and _ their leaders. also featuring on the front of the i. and just _ their leaders. also featuring on the front of the i. and just picking - their leaders. also featuring on the
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front of the i. and just picking up i front of the i. and just picking up on the big bold headline under a nice beach picture which a lot of people are yearning for. i�*m not sure people will be quite so comfortable at the beaches if they are as busy as that. this bold headline, labour in turmoil. there is a dangerfor labour headline, labour in turmoil. there is a danger for labour that runs around like a headless chicken, but equally there is a risk in just saying, well, one more heave. yes, and i think— saying, well, one more heave. yes, and i think keir— saying, well, one more heave. yes, and i think keir starmer— saying, well, one more heave. yes, and i think keir starmer is - saying, well, one more heave. yes and i think keir starmer is coming under the greatest strain since he took it on, really. but no one is really seriously talking about keir starmer losing his position. they are having a few calls for it but that�*s not where labour mps generally are, generally speaking. we are seeing this push and pull that was during the various debates come back. the left of the party saying the reason you have not done well is that you have not define who
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you are community to be more radical. the right of the party saying no, that�*s the opposite of what you need to do, actually. you need to start ignoring the left of the party and listening more to red wall voters and that�*s how you are going to get these seats back in the future. and the problem with keir starmer is there�*s lots of pressure for him to take action. maybe a shadow cabinet reshuffle, but the problem is while both sides might want that it was very different things from the reshuffle. and everything radical and drastic in terms of the next steps is going to upset one set of the party and the problem is his authority has been damaged by the results today. just ickin: damaged by the results today. just picking up on the guardian, labour and turmoil and some of these defeats are pretty worrying, even allowing for the caveats a 16% swing against labour to the conservatives in hartlepool. and this figure of
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those who voted in the valley, the tory candidate or sitting tory mayor taking 72% of votes, three times as many as labour. there�*s almost more interesting than the results. it�*s interesting than the results. it's like imagining the conservatives using _ like imagining the conservatives using maidenhead or tunbridge wells, is that— using maidenhead or tunbridge wells, is that sort— using maidenhead or tunbridge wells, is that sort of equivalent. these seats— is that sort of equivalent. these seats were _ is that sort of equivalent. these seats were labour for perpetuity. a combination of maybe a sense of neglect _ combination of maybe a sense of neglect by voters that labour did not neglect by voters that labour did hot took— neglect by voters that labour did not look after them properly, or boris _ not look after them properly, or borisjohnson, it pains me to say it, borisjohnson, it pains me to say it. he's— borisjohnson, it pains me to say it. hesvery— borisjohnson, it pains me to say it, he's very charismatic politician. the vaccine. and then labour— politician. the vaccine. and then labour plus— politician. the vaccine. and then labour plus my own internal problems. i think the biggest
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mistake _ problems. i think the biggest mistake is that it's always going to be tough _ mistake is that it's always going to be tough elections for labour, you know, _ be tough elections for labour, you know. the — be tough elections for labour, you know, the circumstances they are which _ know, the circumstances they are which kind — know, the circumstances they are which kind of collated a lot of unfortunate forms for labour in terms _ unfortunate forms for labour in terms of— unfortunate forms for labour in terms of timing, but the biggest problem — terms of timing, but the biggest problem is they did not have a message _ problem is they did not have a message. and if you have not got anything — message. and if you have not got anything to sell on the doorstep no one is— anything to sell on the doorstep no one is going to buy anything. that�*s one is going to buy anything. that's a really interesting _ one is going to buy anything. that's a really interesting point. _ one is going to buy anything. that's a really interesting point. just- a really interesting point. just picking up on this vaccine bounce from the phrase that you used. that�*s the phrase that is used on the front of the ft weekend tomorrow. the ft unlike the other papers does not publish an addition on sunday so this is there one take on sunday so this is there one take on the results. there will not get a chance to revise their story. not until their paper appears on monday really. but is there a possibility that that is what we are seeing? we have just had a more than a week of good news headlines, everyone is feeling the benefits of the vaccine
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success and perhaps forgetting some of the more chaotic aspects of covid managed by the same people. and that vaccine bounce is not a the shift in the way that brexit was, it�*s something that will fade. the way that brexit was, it's something that will fade. there's an arc ument something that will fade. there's an argument for _ something that will fade. there's an argument for that _ something that will fade. there's an argument for that if _ something that will fade. there's an argument for that if you _ something that will fade. there's an argument for that if you speak - something that will fade. there's an argument for that if you speak to i argument for that if you speak to senior tories they think the vaccine roll—out has given them a bounce and help them this election. you could argue by that logic are we overstating this realignment of politics? but i also think that if you have a section of the electorate that have voted conservative for the first time, perhaps because of brexit or corbyn, and you whatever you think it was in the 2019 election, anything that you are giving these voters to make them keep voting blue i think you are getting people into habits. even if it�*s the vaccine roll—out that makes you think the government is more competent that it was seven months ago when the pitch was much messier
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and weaker, it�*s something that helps the tory brand in the long term. borisjohnson is giving a speech next week to show us what he can do with the majority of 81 in terms of legislation and notjust responding to events but coming up with them himself. but i think voters are very happy with the roll—out and also speaking to some of the labour campaigns in the ground i�*ve had several say to me that they found some of the traditional attacks on the tories such as the fact that the nhs is underfunded which is normally a very strong line much harder on the doorstep they said. because they are saying well ijust got my vaccine, my family have just got the vaccine, there we are headed of other countries and it was a harder message to land. and you get more into thejust the message to land. and you get more into the just the temporary passing moment. ,, ., ., .,
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