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this is bbc news. for viewers in the uk and around the world. britain's prime minister fights to save herjob, as members of her own party publicly call for her to resign. the un's refugee agency says it's deeply distressed on greece's land border with turkey. the devastating impact of somalia's drought. how people are walking for days in search of life—saving help. and, a dinosaur that will fit in your front room. we reveal the small skeleton that could sell for a big price.
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hello and welcome. prime minister liz truss will try to save her leadership this week as three conservative mps publicly call for her resignation. it comes as all eyes are on the markets this morning after the appointment of new chancellorjeremy hunt on friday. our political correspondent ben wright reports. fighting for her political survival, today she will try and show she is listening. as the chancellor works in the new government budget the prime minister will hold a reception for her cabinet this evening to hear their views about what should go into it. tax rises and spending cuts are
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clearly in the mix, and the plan will be presented to parliament in a fortnight. the prime minister has very little time to convince financial markets and her party that she has a plan for restoring stability. but some tory mps are run out of patience and are calling for liz truss to go. can liz truss survive? no, i think the game is up and know it isjust no, i think the game is up and know it is just a question of as to how the succession is managed. he is one of three conservative mps to see publicly the prime minister should be replaced. privately, many more i seeing it as a matter of when, not if she goes. anger is coursing through the tory party. power is a very fickle thing and i think liz truss, as i see it, is in office but not in power. writing in the telegraph, cabinet minister polly morton said the country needed stability, but a soap opera, and told colleagues they needed to work with the prime minister. the conservative party is now in a very bleak
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place, despairing of the prime minister but also divided about what to do next. as liz truss faces another difficult week, she must know the danger her premiership is in. downright, bbc news, westminster. the pound is trading up slightly in asian trading time, just over $1 also, of course, the uk bond markets will start trading at eight o'clock uk time. a lot of nerves about what they will do a start to trade, with the bank of england emergency help. all will be discovered in the business coverage in about 25 minutes. now, the united nations�* refugee agency has told the bbc it's deeply distressed by reports that a group of naked migrants was discovered on greece's land border with turkey. greek police said 92 men were found near the river evros on friday, and accused turkey of having forced the migrants across the river in plastic boats. the un is calling for a full investigation, emphasising
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that it condemns any cruel and degrading treatment of migrants. our reporter azadeh moshiri joins me now. this is so disturbing, talk us through the latest. greek police have said they have found 92 near the northern border with turkey, and that they were found in a vulnerable position, without clothes and many of them injured. greece has said it conducted an investigation with frontex, the eu border agency which typically leave these sorts of investigations into migrants, and that frontex uncovered evidence that these migrants were forced to cross this river in rubber dinghies. but in terms of who is responsible, thatis terms of who is responsible, that is currently a blame game between greece and turkey. a greek minister has laid the blame plainly at turkey's bead and says this is a pattern of
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turkey pushing the migrants towards greece, and says frontex was told by the migrants that they were forced into army vehicles and taken to the evros river. the bbc hasn't been able to verify this, but turkey completely denies this, a spokesperson for president erdogan says this is the greek fake news machine at work and that in fact greece has a pattern of mistreating migrants that arrive in greece, but the big question remains — how did they end up in such a vulnerable position? how did they lose their close question of what exactly happened to them? so there are many questions still, which is why the un is calling for an independent investigation. but this in context for us. there has been an argument between these two countries about migrants for years? countries about migrants for ears? . �* , countries about migrants for ears? years? that's right. especially when it dates _ years? that's right. especially when it dates back _ years? that's right. especially when it dates back to - years? that's right. especially when it dates back to 2015 - years? that's right. especially l when it dates back to 2015 when there was a mass migration crisis. the eu really faulted, but particularly greece. that
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was when 1 million but particularly greece. that was when1 million migrants but particularly greece. that was when 1 million migrants and refugees made their way from syria, iraq, afghanistan, countries that were war—torn and dealing with very severe economic problems. these migrants were seeking a better life and to very dangerous journeys to make it to europe but they mainly arrived in greece and greece had a very difficult time with such a huge number of migrants arriving in the country, so a deal struck between the eu and turkey where turkey would receive billions of euros and aid in order to control the flow of migrants. greece is saying the number of migrants is spiking again and turkey isn't living up to its side of the deal, and so this isjust a pattern side of the deal, and so this is just a pattern of back and forth between the two countries.— forth between the two countries. thank you for bringing _ countries. thank you for bringing us _ countries. thank you for bringing us up-to-datel countries. thank you for l bringing us up-to-date on countries. thank you for - bringing us up-to-date on that bringing us up—to—date on that story. let's get some of the day's other news. turkey's president has been criticised for linking the deaths of 41 miners in an explosion to "destiny", saying such accidents "will always be". president erdogan made the comments during a visit to the site in bartin
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province on saturday. protests have taken place in istanbul objecting to his remarks, with some protesters describing the accident as a "massacre". the two candidates in brazil's run—off presidential election have been facing each other in the first televised debate ahead of the vote, which will be held in two weeks' time. it's been a campaign marked by accusations of corruption and personal attacks on the candidates and their families. the former left—wing leader, luiz inacio lula da silva, won the first round, five percentage points ahead of the far—right president, jair bolsonaro, who's seeking re—election. commissioner of the metropolitan police, sir mark rowley, has said hundreds of his officers should be sacked after a review found many members of staff were getting away with criminal behaviour. sir mark, who took up his post last month, apologised to the public and the honest and dedicated officers that, he said, had been let down.
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lady casey, who was commissioned to look at the force's internal misconduct system after the murder of sarah everard by a serving officer, says there needs to be radical change. the president of the indonesian football association is to meet fifa and afc officials in kuala lumpur later today to discuss the malang stadium stampede in which 134 people were killed. an investigation into the tragedy concluded that police teargas was responsible for most of the deaths and injuries after the match in kanjuruhan stadium in malang city. more than 600 people are now known to have died in nigeria as a result of severe flooding and meteorologists say the torrential rain is likely to continue until at least the end of november. the government is urging the state authorities to evacuate those living in vulnerable areas as soon as possible. wendy urquhart reports.
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in the south—eastern state of anambra, the water is thigh deep and the only way out is by canoe. some locals planted yams and cassava in the hope of getting through the rainy season unscathed. others stocked up on sandbags to keep the water out. but the brute sheer force of the floods made that impossible. flash flooding has displaced at least 1.3 million people in nigeria and some 200,000 homes have been completely washed away. the water released from several dams, which was supposed situation even worse. humanitarian groups are providing shelter, food and clothing for those who've been affected the world food programme and the un's food and
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with large swathes of farmland waterlogged and crops completely destroyed, rice producers are already warning that prices could soar — not least because rice imports were banned in a bid to stimulate local production. this is the worst rainy season in nigeria for a decade. but despite early warnings, it seems the countryjust wasn't prepared for the level of destruction that the rainy season has caused. wendy urquhart, bbc news. typhoon nesat brought 120 kilometre an hour winds and driving rain to the northern philippines on sunday. flash floods forced at least 900 people to evacuate their homes and many roads are completely blocked. the storm also brought down trees and damaged houses and businesses. typhoon neset is now heading
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for the south china sea. somalia has a long history of droughts. but due to climate change, the intervals between them are getting shorter, and this one is the worst in a0 years. it's estimated that more than half the population, nearly eight million people, are currently living in drought affected areas. the situation is getting worse. it's growing into a full—blown famine, where households have no food, and children suffer acute malnutrition. andrew harding's report comes from dolow, where people have come in search of life—saving help, a warning that you are likely to find parts of it difficult to watch. from the parched plains of southern somalia, a weary exodus. these families have trekked for days across a hostile wilderness in search of food. tens of thousands have made
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similarjourneys in recent weeks, drawn to places like this. the crowded outskirts of dolow, a border town where some help is at hand. the local hospital, funded by britain since the last famine here back in 2011, is playing a vital role. the baby is really very severely malnourished. but pamela, a nutrition expert from neighbouring kenya, is afraid of what lies ahead. somalia needs help. now? now, yeah. and if it doesn't get it? we are headed for a catastrophe. this is serious. it's really going to get worse if nothing more comes in other than what's already there. today, that catastrophe is already taking shape in the crowded stabilisation ward. as usual, it's the under fives who act as the fragile sirens of famine.
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babies cry and today, a boy is fighting for his life. he is two years old, but weighs little more than a newborn baby. he has been hungry for most of his life? his mother tells me he had a fever for weeks. "the drought took everything from us, all our crops, "our cattle," she says. "there was nothing left for the boy to eat." which is why they came here, to dolow. it took abdiwali and his family nine days to walk to this camp. they had to beg for food on the way. it was somalia's savage drought that forced them off their farm but the real culprit here is man—made climate change. almost no—one here thinks they will ever go back to their farms,
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to their old way of life. the next morning, we return to check up on the boy. but he is struggling. his body temperature has dropped sharply. probably might be successful. we are not sure. but we are still trying to resuscitate. the doctors try to warm him with a foil blanket, but he's too weak to respond. his mother and grandmother watch silently. but there is no more to be done. and with a light touch on her shoulder, his mother is told that it's over. her husband is there, too, to see the end. the number of children that we've lost here this year, 2022, also increased. it must take a toll
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on you and your staff to see that. yeah, it normally takes a toll, especially it is so sad and painful when you witness something that can be prevented and can be corrected very easily. within hours, abdiweli's father is already helping to dig a grave. there are brief prayers. and as the women watch from a distance, a 2—year—old's body is buried. it will not be the last here. andrew harding, bbc news, in dollow, somalia. let's bring you some breaking news now we receiving reports of two explosions in kyiv. a bbc reporter says the second one sounded close to the city centre. air raid sirens had sounded
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shortly before the two blasts, we will bring you details as soon as we have them on this. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: helping the innocent in a time of war — we report from the hospital in tigray that's struggling to treat its patients. a historic moment that many of his victims have waited for for decades — the former dictator in the dock, older, slimmer and, as he sat down, obedient enough. of night on the plain outside korem, it lights up a biblical famine now, in the 20th century. it is actually cheaper—
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to paper your walls with money. but as good friends, we have always found a good and lasting solution. after almost three decades in service, an aircraft that has enthralled its many admirers for so long taxis home one last time. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: britain's prime minister fights to save herjob, as members of her own party publicly call for her to resign. the un's refugee agency says it's deeply distressed by reports a group of naked migrants was discovered on greece's land border with turkey.
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ethiopia's tigray region has been besieged by war for almost two years. peace talks between the ethiopian government and tigrayan forces have been postponed and there are reports of fresh clashes. filmmakers charles emptaz and 0liverjobard got rare access and visited a hospital in tigray that's struggling to treat its patients. hussein mohamed has this report for bbc africa eye and a warning, it contains distressing images. the tigray region in northern ethiopia has been cut off from the world by war. in this village, no—one has enough to eat. many are starving. fighting prevented farmers from planting crops and the market stalls are barren. there are no medical centres nearby and people from this village are forced to walk 100km to a bigger town. even there, resources are scarce.
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dr tsehaye runs a hospital that has barely any medicine, electricity or gas. he says more and more malnourished children are being brought here. the ethiopian government and the tigrayan regional authority blame each other for the humanitarian crisis and while peace talks falter, the fighting has intensified, restricting the flow
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of international aid. everybody knows there is a big problem but they are just staff at this hospital say aid is desperately needed but warn that for many, it may be already too late. hussein mohamed, bbc news. if you want to see more on that story, you can find the full film on the bbc news africa youtube page — just search for
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�*tigray under siege'. time now for all the sports news. hello, i'm paul scott with your global sporting headlines. liverpool's win over manchester city in england's premier league on sunday was marred by items being thrown at city boss, pep guardiola. the reds won the game 1—0 thanks to a mo salah goal. but afterwards guardiola said he had coins thrown at him during the match by some home fans. the objects were allegedly thrown in his direction after phil foden had a goal disallowed by var. next time, next time we will do it better. they did not get me. they will try again next year. i was going to try i didn't get it. they got it at the coach but not into gold, not at that
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time. horrible, i apologise for that. i horrible, i apologise for that. iwas — horrible, i apologise for that. iwas not _ horrible, i apologise for that. i was not at the stadium at that— i was not at the stadium at that moment. it never should have — that moment. it never should have happened. never, never. reporter: inaudible. gf have happened. never, never. reporter: inaudible. of course, not, i saw reporter: inaudible. of course, not, i saw pep- — new zealand got their men's rugby league world cup campaign off to a winning with a 34—12 win over 12—man lebanon. the kiwis are the number one ranked team, but haven't tasted world cup success since 2008. and they were on the back foot in this one, when lebanon took a shock 6—0 lead before new zealand's quality eventually shone through as they ran in six tries to secure the win. lebanon had adam doueihi sent off just after the hour mark for dissent. next up for new zealand it's jamaica. canada's felix auger—aliassime has boosted his chances of making the year end atp tour finals by winning the florence 0pen,
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after strolling to a straight—sets victory overjj wolf in the final. the top seed claimed the second atp title of his career, comfortably seeing off the world number 75. the routine victory sealed in style with an ace after a hour and a0 minutes. the 22 year—old has now moved into seventh in the race to turin. at the world cycling championships in paris, home favourites benjamin thomas and donavan grondin took the gold medal in the men's madison. from a four—way tie headed to the bell. britain's ethan hayter crossed the line in front to take silver with partner oliver wood, the belgian pair took bronze. with 30 laps remaining. you can get all the latest sports news on our website — that's bbc.com/sport but from me paul scott
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and the rest of the team, that's all for now. the auction of a 150—million—year—old dinosaur fossil takes place in paris later this week. zephyr was an iguanodon, and its remains were found in what is modern—day colorado. it's estimated this dinosaur skeleton could sell for around $500,000, as the bbc�*s tim allman explains. meet zephyr. the dinosaur who will fit in your front room. well, it would have to be quite a big front room but, as dinosaurs go, zephyr is fairly diminutive. part of the iguanodon family, it's no more than about1.5m in height and around 3m in length. small, but remarkable nonetheless. translation: the interesting thing about zephyr, firstly, - its provenance, because it was found in one of the best fossil deposits in the united states. and then, secondly, it's quite complete —
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we're talking about 70% of the skeleton. this is what zephyr may have looked like back in the day. iguanodons date back from the latejurassic to the early cretaceous period and can be found in what is now asia, europe and north america. dinosaur skeletons can go for big bucks at auction. this tyrannosaurus rex called stan sold for $32 million two years ago. it's a growing and lucrative market. translation: there are i different profiles of bidders. there are museums. otherwise, it's individuals who are collectors. there's even investment funds that are linked to dinosaurs now. zephyr will go under the hammer on thursday — a small dinosaur that may sell for a big price. tim allman, bbc news. as promised, we have all the top business stories here next,
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including the week ahead for the uk with the new chancellor in place. do stay with us, i will see you in a moment. hello. although there's some wet and windy weather sweeping its way northwards, a lot of that is gone for monday, leaving, for many areas, a largely dry day with sunny spells. here's the area of low pressure. it will pull away northwards. in its wake, it'll be blustery, it'll be bright, still with a few showers around, though, particularly in scotland. this is how we're starting the day — milder air moving northwards overnight and into the morning. the rain still in the far north of scotland that will then move across the northern isles. and in east anglia, in the south—east of england, rain clearing, then a hang back of cloud probably, gradually brightening up during the day. northern ireland, north west england, perhaps north wales will see a few showers but become mainly dry in the afternoon. showers will continue in scotland north of the central belt — some quite
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lengthy downpours around here. and it'll be windy again in all areas. the strongest winds will be in the central belt, southern scotland, northern ireland, northern england, north wales. these are average speeds. we could well see some gusts around 40—50 miles per hour. and as for temperatures, well, if you get that sunshine, as many will, especially in england and wales in the afternoon and out of the breeze, there'll be some warmth in that still. now, as we go on into monday evening and night, as that low pressure system continues to pull away, there'll still be a few showers around northern scotland. for many, the winds will ease. it'll be dry, skies are clearing, and it will turn chillier than this in more rural spots, so there will be a touch of frost in places as tuesday begins — and a day which will offer a lot of dry and sunny weather. more cloud around parts of eastern scotland, north east england. slight chance of a shower. more cloud towards the far south and south west of england — again, a slight chance of a shower here. the vast majority, though, a dry day. 13 degrees in glasgow, up to around 18 degrees in cardiff. there is another area of low pressure coming our way and, in fact, unlike the others which have swept right the way
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through, this willjust linger towards the south—west or west of us as the week goes on, starting to bring some showers in. now, wednesday will begin with some cloud around scotland, north east england. maybe a bit drizzly in places. that's reluctant to clear. it'll make for a rather chilly—feeling day, whereas from that low pressure towards south, south west england, wales, into northern ireland in particular, there'll be some showers moving in and some of those could be heavy, perhaps thundery as well. and as the low pressure exerts more of an influence across the uk from thursday onwards, more places will see some wet weather at times spreading its way northwards.
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