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this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. reporter: how big does the crisis need to get, home secretary? - pressure on the home secretary, suella braverman, to tackle conditions at a kent migrant processing centre. the fact of the matter is, it is overwhelmed, and it is wholly unacceptable. we need a range of things to know from the home secretary, including knowing what action is being taken to deal with the illegal overcrowding. clearly there is more to do but we are making progress. but we've got to stop these people being exploited. parts of ukraine's capital kyiv are without power and water
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after russia launches more missile strikes across the country. a victorious comeback — brazil's former president lula da silva beats his far—right opponent jair bolsanaro to win his old job back. and funerals begin for some of the 154 victims who died after a deadly crush in seoul. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. labour is expected to demand that the home secretary, suella braverman, addresses mps today about worsening conditions at a migrant processing centre in kent. many migrants that arrive in small boats are processed at the port of dover.
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but some are moved to a holding facility further north in manston where there is overcrowding, and there has been reports of a diptheria outbreak. let's take a look at what's been happening in more detail. over the weekend there was a petrol bomb attack at a home office migrant centre in dover. hundreds of people were then taken to a migrant processing centre in manston. last week, the independent border inspector, david neal, told mps he had been left speechless by the "really dangerous" situation at manston. the government said it was controlling immigration and deterring traffickers and that health and safety was the priority at manston. yesterday, the new immigration minister robertjenrick visited the manston immigration centre. he travelled there with sir roger gale — conservative mp for thanet north. he's been speaking to the today programme about how he felt with what he saw. hugely depressed, because when i last visited injuly it was a good facility being very well run with people moving through as they were intended to.
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that's how the facility was set up. what i saw yesterday and indeed previously on thursday, was a deterioration actually between thursday and yesterday. the staff, the home office staff, the civilian staff and medical staff are doing a fantasticjob under very difficult circumstances but the fact of the matter is, it is overwhelmed and it is wholly unacceptable. the chief inspector said that he thought the conditions were dangerous and that the conditions in which some people are being held left him speechless. is that a view you share? i don't entirely share the inspector's view. the food and catering facilities are excellent. the care on the part of the people looking after people is good. the medical facilities are excellent. there are simply far too many people there and this situation should never have been allowed to develop and i'm not sure that it hasn't almost been developed deliberately. deliberately? why?
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it appears, i was told that the home office is finding it very difficult to secure hotel accommodation. i now understand that this was a policy issue and the decision was taken not to book additional hotel space. nick, that's like driving your car down the motorway, seeing the motorway clear ahead, then there is a car crash and suddenly there is a five mile tailback. the car crash was the decision not to book more hotel space. our chief political correspondent, nick eardley, has the latest details. itjust feels like there is a growing sense of crisis around the asylum system, particularly, as daniel was talking about, at manston in kent. we have heard stories over the last few days about the deteriorating situation there, about increasing concerns about overcrowding. allegations from conservative mps as well as opposition ones that
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the home secretary suella braverman just didn't do enough to alleviate some of those issues, that she didn't sign off on hotel rooms which could have eased the overcrowding. labour are saying basically this is a whole problem with the system now and it needs a complete rethink. have a listen to the shadow home secretary yvette cooper. we think we need an overhaul of the whole system. we have a series of different problems. we had actuallyjust this weekend, really, the reports around the serious overcrowding, possibly illegal overcrowding, and diphtheria outbreak at manston. that attack at dover. there have been other serious home affairs issues this morning including serious cybersecurity allegations. the person who should be responding on your programme this morning is the home secretary. she should be putting a statement into parliament as well, but is unable to do so because she can't answer her own questions about security breaches.
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there was a tweet from suella braverman overnight about the situation in dover that we have been covering this morning but we have not heard from the home secretary about some of the more substantive issues around manston. we've not heard her talk about the lapse in security that led to her being forced to resign a couple of weeks ago only to be brought back as home secretary by rishi sunak. so it really does feel like there is increasing pressure on the home office for some answers and some increasing pressure on ms braverman�*s position itself. number ten says that the prime minister's priority is to deal with human issues, to make sure that people are being kept in safe environments. my understanding there is likely to be talks between the home secretary and prime minister about what to do next on this today.
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as i say, there arejust wider questions about whether the asylum system is working and whether the government is managing to deal with all these pressures that it is facing at the moment. have a listen to the government minister mark spencer on bbc breakfast. we are working with local authorities. we have put over £20 million into the scheme to work with local authorities. let's not lose track, lose sight, if you like, of the people who are at fault here. these are basically very vicious people who are putting vulnerable people on small boats, on unseaworthy boats, putting them on the channel and sending them across at the same time as taking their life savings for that privilege. we have to break that model, we have to break the model of those very vicious people that are exploiting the most vulnerable people in the world. you will notice the government want to talk about the small boats issue and dealing with that but there are many who are saying this morning, you just need to deal with the wider humanitarian issue
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in these asylum processing centres. you need to deal with the overcrowding, the backlog, and do it immediately. when roger gale, the conservative mp who represents where manston is was on radio 4 this morning, he says he thinks some people will be moved out of there today. but he's also questioning why the home secretary didn't do more sooner. so expect pressure on that and expect more questions of the home secretary about that e—mail issue. remember, she was forced to resign for sending some sensitive information to a parliamentary colleague from a private e—mail account, then brought back by rishi sunak. there are now questions over whether she alerted senior civil servants as quickly as she claimed to. there are some e—mails which have emerged to the bbc which suggest there were a few hours between her realising the mistake and reporting it
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to the cabinet secretary. so all that pressure on the home secretary, and it's something that has really been a big issue so far for the prime minister rishi sunak. a lot of conservative mps are happy with how mr sunak�*s premiership has gone so far. less than happy about all the pressure and questions aimed at the home office. nick eardley. i'm joined now by migration expert brad blitz, who is professor of international politics and policy at university college london. thank you forjoining us. let me ask you first, what's the problem? there are multiple — you first, what's the problem? there are multiple problems _ you first, what's the problem? there are multiple problems but _ you first, what's the problem? ti” are multiple problems but above all we have a crisis of government. there are problems that have not been addressed that have now given rise effectively to system failure right the way across the asylum system. but also how migration should be managed. we have an urgent humanitarian problem that must be addressed and alongside that we have
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administrative problems that have been created and again must be addressed. and then there are broader security questions. and responses that are required. you say must be addressed. _ responses that are required. you say must be addressed. how _ responses that are required. you say must be addressed. how must - responses that are required. you say must be addressed. how must theyl responses that are required. you say i must be addressed. how must they be addressed? in must be addressed. how must they be addressed? , , ., . addressed? in the first instance we have a situation _ addressed? in the first instance we have a situation where... _ addressed? in the first instance we have a situation where... that - have a situation where... that clearly must be addressed by moving people to places where they can remain safely and under humane conditions. the fact that diphtheria is present in these asylum processing centres is a real cause for concern. this is a highly contagious disease which used kill people in their thousands and the fact it is now presenting itself here in the uk should raise alarm bells. that's something else that needs to be addressed immediately. and once those issues are addressed we can start to look at broader questions around how one gets to grips with problem
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and processing more to officer. talking officer. he talking me officer. he talking m would 1creatlng... , talking m would 1m seen 3... m, talking m would 1m seen off . cruise ships that would be seen off the english coast, on the channel, it? itwould 7 am be " ' ' " ' ,, ittolid'bqihe" ' ' " ' 7 w itwould bethe perfect and it would be the perfect solution. what's your reaction to that? ., ., that? right now we have the immediate — that? right now we have the immediate need _ that? right now we have the immediate need to - that? right now we have the immediate need to rehouse| that? right now we have the - immediate need to rehouse people that? right now we have the _ immediate need to rehouse people who are at risk as a result of overcrowding. we have hotels that are available. we know there are hotels across the country that are currently being used to house asylum seekers. and we have people who really need to be protected in this way. the idea that somehow commandeering cruise ships for some future initiatives is currently pie in the sky. it is not the way to solve what is an immediate problem. let's talk about volume, because we are seeing a huge volume of small
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boats coming across the channel this year compared to last year. there has been a big rise in number of year compared to last year. there has been coming .e in number of year compared to last year. there has been coming from number of year compared to last year. there has been coming from albania jer of year compared to last year. there has been coming from albania as of what's the m what's the to that? we well. what's the answer to that? we can look at the is happening but people ning but people mm but people mm and making that dangerous keep making that extremely dangerous crossing. keep making that extremely dangerous crossinu. ~ , ., ., crossing. well, they are not necessarily _ crossing. well, they are not necessarily going _ crossing. well, they are not necessarily going to - crossing. well, they are not necessarily going to keep i crossing. well, they are not - necessarily going to keep coming if we seek to address this by cooperating with our european partners. this is a major problem and what we have is a situation of mixed flows, where you have people coming out asylum seekers because there are no safe legal roots to enter the country. and then you have other people who are chancers, who are coming, brought by smugglers or even traffickers, people who are victims of traffic is coming this even traffickers, people who are victims of t are c is coming this even traffickers, people who are victims of t are different |g this even traffickers, people who are victims of t are different answers and 7 j to these problems 7 to these problems as j to these problems as they presented. we have a presen we we have a
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pre arriving we ha large ,. , , pre arriving we halbania. , ,, ,, pre arriving we halbania. those pre should we halbania. those pre should w treated nia. those pre should w treated separately people should be treated separately from those coming from refugee producing countries such as afghanistan and syria. and for whom we know there are asylum claims that need to be heard. so that we have a system of asylum determinations where we need to interview people, we have to process their claims. with respect to albanians, some have claims to asylum and some may be victims of trafficking and they must be protected but that will be determined on the basis of interview and assessment. and again we have system supports. where their claims are not upheld we have systems to remove people. we have readmission agreements with a number of countries, including albania. in orderto countries, including albania. in order to stem the flow we need to return to a situation where we are actually cooperating with our european neighbours as we once did.
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the united kingdom has left the dublin convention but there are nonetheless ways in which through negotiation with the french, with the belgians, there may be ways to address this particular albania problem. albanians enjoy visa free travel for 90 days across the eu. so this is something that must be raised with our european partners. what is your message, if you have one, to the home secretary today? that she needs to show up and answer some questions. these questions have already been put to her by yvette cooper and by sir roger gale. we know that this is a crisis in part of the home office's making and she needs to tell us how she is going to go about addressing those problems. it's been good to talk to you, thank you, professor.—
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kyiv�*s mayor says parts of the capital are without power and water after russian airstrikes hit the city's critical infrastructure. residents have been warned to remain in shelters because of the possibility of "renewed shelling", according to the kyiv military administration. earlier i spoke to the bbc�*s hugo bachega from the ukrainian capital kyiv. we have been given the all clear from the authorities so we are back in our usual position in kyiv. we know that critical infrastructure has been hit here in the capital. there are reports of power cuts across the city. also, water outages across the capital this morning. there have been attacks reported in the city of kharkiv, the country's second largest city in the north—east of the country. the mayorjust moments ago described the situation as quite complicated in the city. in zaporizhzhia in the south, again critical infrastructure was hit and again power cuts have
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been reported in the city of zaporizhzhia. we had a reaction from the country's foreign minister, dmytro kuleba, who said that instead of fighting on the battlefields, russia fights civilians. it seems to be part of the strategy here. russia has been attacking civilian infrastructure across the country for weeks ahead of winter so there is a lot of concern here that because of these attacks the system is not going to be able to cope. this is a country where temperatures can drop to —15, —20 celsius. president zelensky has said a third of the country's electricity infrastructure has been damaged and last week we heard a dramatic plea from one of the country's deputy prime ministers telling ukrainians who have fled the country to stay where they are to help ease the pressure on the system and to return only after winter. so there is a lot of concern that these attacks are going to continue and again the ukrainians
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are saying that this is how the russians are reacting, responding to setbacks on the battlefield, by attacking civilian sites and civilian infrastructure in cities across the country including places away from the front lines. hugo bachega in kyiv. joining me now is charly salonius—pasternak, a leading research fellow at the finnish institute of international affairs. good to talk to you. let me ask you first, this renewed targeting of civilian infrastructure. what does it tell us about what the russians are thinking right now?— are thinking right now? quite clearly they _ are thinking right now? quite clearly they don't _ are thinking right now? quite clearly they don't see - are thinking right now? quite clearly they don't see a - are thinking right now? quite clearly they don't see a lot i are thinking right now? quite clearly they don't see a lot ofj clearly they don't see a lot of success on the military battlefield and have moved for some time now to strike purely at civilian targets, infrastructure targets, with the goal clearly of creating some sort of pressure for ukrainian political leadership to negotiate. in fact, history suggests the opposite is going to happen. the ukrainian population arejust going to happen. the ukrainian population are just going to
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strengthen in their determination not to give in. 50 strengthen in their determination not to give im— not to give in. so you are saying that even _ not to give in. so you are saying that even if— not to give in. so you are saying that even if they _ not to give in. so you are saying that even if they do _ not to give in. so you are saying that even if they do target - not to give in. so you are saying| that even if they do target these civilian infrastructure, it has the opposite effect. civilian infrastructure, it has the opposite effect-— opposite effect. that is what research literature _ opposite effect. that is what | research literature frequently suggests. there has been for a century an idea that you can bomb the civilian population into submission but people living in london know very well from previous wars that this is not the case. it is of course also important to note that these are war crimes. it is completely illegitimate to strike targets like these with the express purpose of injuring civilians or civilian infrastructure.- purpose of injuring civilians or civilian infrastructure. where does this leave the _ civilian infrastructure. where does this leave the west _ civilian infrastructure. where does this leave the west in _ civilian infrastructure. where does this leave the west in terms - civilian infrastructure. where does this leave the west in terms of. civilian infrastructure. where does this leave the west in terms of its| this leave the west in terms of its supply of munitions, anti—drone, anti—air defence systems. how keen are they now are to continue? titer? are they now are to continue? very keen. are they now are to continue? very keen- what — are they now are to continue? very keen- what we _ are they now are to continue? - keen. what we are seeing now is helping, and you certainly have to take ukrainian claims from this
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morning of having shot down 44 out of 50 drones or missiles with a grain of salt, but there is success. one can only imagine if arms supplies in terms of anti—air systems for example were to end or diminish, what damage even 50 strikes could do as opposed to maybe half a dozen or a dozen that got through. half a dozen or a dozen that got throu~h. �* , half a dozen or a dozen that got throu~h. �*, ., ~ ., ,., half a dozen or a dozen that got throuh. �*, . ~' . , through. let's talk about the bigger icture and through. let's talk about the bigger picture and the _ through. let's talk about the bigger picture and the nuclear— through. let's talk about the bigger picture and the nuclear war - through. let's talk about the bigger picture and the nuclear war games. through. let's talk about the biggerl picture and the nuclear war games in language we have seen coming from the russian side. how worrying is that? , ., , the russian side. how worrying is that? , ., y ., , that? very worrying. the exercises we have seen _ that? very worrying. the exercises we have seen both _ that? very worrying. the exercises we have seen both on _ that? very worrying. the exercises we have seen both on the - that? very worrying. the exercises we have seen both on the russian | we have seen both on the russian side, were planned well in advance and we know that each side has told the other side of this. they are a separate pass, but certainly to the public discussion and consciousness, these things are certainly interlinked and nuclear weapons have been discussed in a way that they
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probably haven't since the cuban missile crisis of the early 60s. where does it leave the west in terms of its attitude towards ukraine? should it change it or should the west hold fast? i think it is imperative _ should the west hold fast? i think it is imperative to _ should the west hold fast? i think it is imperative to hold _ should the west hold fast? i think it is imperative to hold fast. - should the west hold fast? i think it is imperative to hold fast. if- it is imperative to hold fast. if the west now is collectively seen to be weak, stops supporting ukraine, russia, but also every other country like it, every authoritarian country, will say, we need nuclear weapons and then we can blackmail whenever we want, whatever we want from the west and that will be a terrible signal to all of us.- terrible signal to all of us. good to talk to you. _ terrible signal to all of us. good to talk to you. thank _ terrible signal to all of us. good to talk to you. thank you. - terrible signal to all of us. good | to talk to you. thank you. thank ou. in one of the most stunning political comebacks luiz inacio lula da silva has been voted in as brazil's next president. it was a tight race — the former leftist leader, who served 18 months in prison for corruption charges, later annulled, took nearly 51% of the vote and far—right incumbent jair bolsonaro won 49%. mr bolsonaro becomes the first sitting president in brazil ever
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to lose re—election. our south america correspondent katy watson reports. cheering. celebration on the streets of sao paulo, and a sense of relief. they predicted a tight race and it was a nailbiter to the very end. feeling free, relieved not only for the brazilian people, but for the whole planet, for the amazon, for the democracy, for human rights. so we are very happy. it is a very divided country, though. there will be a lot of people unhappy. yes, because it was very little difference, a small difference. so we have to be very patient and we have to leave the anger and the hatred away. what a comeback for brazil's president—elect, a man who left powerjust12 years ago with a sky—high approval rating but who
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then subsequently fell from grace over corruption scandals. here he is again, lula 2.0. it was the hardest campaign of my life, it wasn't men against men, party against party, it was a group of people, who love freedom and democracy against authoritarianism. the noise on the streets filled the silence from bolsonaro's camp. the speculation was that he went to bed. while voting was largely peaceful, there was a lot of expectation and nerves on sunday, as people cast their ballots. in this unequal country, the divide was clear — rich and poor, left and right. people had a stark choice to make. i voted for bolsonaro, of course. what is the best thing about bolsonaro? why do you like bolsonaro? i don't agree with him, like, ioo%. i think he has a lot of flaws. but he's a man of god,
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he has the right principles. very sad in my opinion to see brazil in this state where we have to decide between two candidates that make brazil such a polarised country, inciting violence, extremes. i think especially, they don't represent any of the young population, right. any progress in the country. it's really very sad. my vote is a vote of protest. amid such division, it was lula who made it to the finish line first. people here are shouting, "lula has returned." like him or loathe him, this is an historic moment for brazil, 20 years after lula first became president, he's back in the top job. for these people, a lula victory is not a victory for brazil. his job will be to unite them and be their president, too. lula will have to contend with conservative lawmakers in whatever he wants to do.
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it won't be easy but tonight these supporters aren't worried. he's back in the top job and he's back to change brazil. katy watson, bbc news, sao paolo. world leaders have congratulated lula on his victory. prime minister rishi sunak said he looks forward to working with the new president on the issues that matter most to both countries. presidentjoe biden said lula's win followed free, fair and credible elections, and that he also looked forward to working together. the french president, emmanuel macron, offered his good wishes, saying the poll opened "a new page" in brazil's history. darvisum belem lopes, professor of international and comparative politics at the federal university of minas gerais in brazil, told us lula's voters expect their lives to get better under his tenure. they have voted massively for lula again. they expect their lives to get
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better because brazil nowadays has a very high level of starvation, of hunger all across the territory. especially concentrated in brazil's north—eastern region. this is why they have voted for lula, because they expect all those social policy emphasis to come back. with me now is camilla costa from bbc brazil. the environment is front and centre of what lula talked about during the campaign so what can we expect from him in terms of that now? lula campaign so what can we expect from him in terms of that now?— him in terms of that now? lula has soken him in terms of that now? lula has spoken right _ him in terms of that now? lula has spoken right after _ him in terms of that now? lula has spoken right after the _ him in terms of that now? lula has spoken right after the election - him in terms of that now? lula has spoken right after the election was| spoken right after the election was called in his favour and did say he was very much willing to bring brazil together. this is key, obviously, because the difference between him and bolsonaro was just over 2 million votes. bear in mind this is a country with more than 200
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million people and over 150 million registered voters. this was a very narrow difference. it's an understatement to say it is a very divided country right now so lula thanked both his own and bolsonaro supporters and said that we are one country and i will make this government for everyone. this seems to be the tonic of his speech. he said he wants to bring brazil back from poverty. again, another key. brazil's main social and economic indicators in the past years, even a bit before bolsonaro's government, has been going back 15 and sometimes 20 years. this again is another big challenge for lula. some of the indicators have gone back two years previous to his two terms in government. he has been saying that he doesn't want a real election next time because he will be 81 after he finishes his government so he basically has four years to bring
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the country back from one of its worst crises. that's a huge challenge in itself even if the country wasn't divided. hat challenge in itself even if the country wasn't divided. not only a divided country _ country wasn't divided. not only a divided country but _ country wasn't divided. not only a divided country but a _ country wasn't divided. not only a divided country but a congress - country wasn't divided. not only a l divided country but a congress that is set against lula because so many of bolsonaro's friends and colleagues are in that congress. how difficult will it make it over the next four years?— next four years? very, very difficult- — next four years? very, very difficult. this _ next four years? very, very difficult. this congress - next four years? very, very difficult. this congress has| next four years? very, very - difficult. this congress has been swaying a lot more to the right. bolsonaro's party, the pl, has won a majority of seats now. many of bolsonaro's closest allies have been elected not only to the main congress but also to the legislative assemblies around the country. and bolsonaro's allies have now been elected governors of three of the main states in brazil, including sao paulo and rio dejaneiro. it shouldn't be an easy four years for lula as he tries to fulfil all his
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promises, all the ones he made during his campaign and during his victory speech. during his campaign and during his victory speech-— victory speech. many of the poorer north of the _ victory speech. many of the poorer north of the country _ victory speech. many of the poorer north of the country voted - victory speech. many of the poorer north of the country voted for - victory speech. many of the poorer north of the country voted for mr l north of the country voted for mr lula. during his tenure last time, the social justice lula. during his tenure last time, the socialjustice he brought about, those social policies he brought about, many people in the poorer communities benefited greatly from that. is there an expectation he can return to that route or can he not forget the richer south of the country that did not vote him in? there is a lot of expectation around that. he said he would again remember what he did and remember those people and bring back many of those people and bring back many of those policies to the scale that they were before because we have to bearin they were before because we have to bear in mind that some of those policies ceased to exist but many have been de—scaled during the bolsonaro government or at least changed focus or changed in a way
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that many people felt were not beneficial to them in some ways. but from many executives there is also some expectation of growth. we do have expectation from executives that the country will start growing again. the brazilian service has been doing stories, interviewing executives that have been deluded with the bolsonaro government, saying they expected a lot more economic growth during the bolsonaro years that was promised to them and not delivered. there is kind of an expectation about that as well. talking about the global perspective, many people found mr bolsonaro an interesting character. his relationship with most other world leaders was, let's say, at times quite tense. what difference can we expect from mr lula? again, lula has promised, _ can we expect from mr lula? again, lula has promised, as _ can we expect from mr lula? again, lula has promised, as he _ can we expect from mr lula? again, lula has promised, as he said, - can we expect from mr lula? again, lula has promised, as he said, to i lula has promised, as he said, to bring brazil back to the forefront of global policy, which is again a
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different role as to the role that brazil has been playing in the past couple of years, the past four years in the world's forum. i suppose right now the main issue is the amazon and deforestation. all the world had been looking to brazil to try and see who was going to win the election because bolsonaro's government has been criticised all around the world because of its policies regarding the amazon. trier? policies regarding the amazon. very briefl , is policies regarding the amazon. very briefly, is there _ policies regarding the amazon. very briefly, is there any sign that mr bolsonaro or his supporters will fight this result, will try to subvert democracy? that fight this result, will try to subvert democracy? at this point bolsonaro hasn't _ subvert democracy? at this point bolsonaro hasn't spoken. - subvert democracy? at this point bolsonaro hasn't spoken. some i subvert democracy? at this pointl bolsonaro hasn't spoken. some of subvert democracy? at this point - bolsonaro hasn't spoken. some of his supporters have been protesting the elections, blocking roads, but they have been isolated events. bolsonaro's main allies in congress have signalled or have said plainly
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that they will uphold, they will support the result of the vote. so at this point there is no sign whatsoever that the results will be contested. we will have to see what bolsonaro will say in the next few hours but it doesn't sound like they will. , ., ., hours but it doesn't sound like they will. ,., ., ., hours but it doesn't sound like they will. ., . ~ hours but it doesn't sound like they will. ., ., ~ ., ., ~ will. good to talk to you, from bbc brazil. the south korean president, yoon suk—yeol, has opened a memorial to the victims of saturday's halloween tragedy. together with his wife, he laid a single white flower at a huge altar set up in central seoulfor the 154 people who died in the crush in a narrow alley. there's growing anger in the city that police failed to control crowds that had built up in the popular itaewon district. the government has promised a thorough investigation. our correspondent, jean mackenzie, has the very latest from seoul. after an agonising wait, the victims have been identified, and we know now that significantly more women died than men. most of them were young, some of them were teenagers, but mainly they were in their 20s and 30s.
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and today their bodies are being moved from hospitals into funeral homes. and it's here that their families will now be able to gather for the next three days to mourn. but here in the centre of seoul, a national mourning altar has been set up so that members of the public have somewhere that they can come and grieve. and people have been queueing on their lunch break here to leave a single white chrysanthemum, which is the mourning flower here in south korea, because people in this city and in this country are devastated, and they want to understand now who is responsible for the fact that so many young people needlessly lost their lives on saturday night, and who should be held accountable. they want to know why more police weren't sent to control such an enormous crowd. south korea's interior minister has said that this wouldn't have made a difference — more police wouldn't have prevented saturday night's tragedy — but many people here disagree and it is hoped that the official
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investigation that is now under way here will provide that crucial answer. jean mackenzie reporting from the south korean capital. our correspondent nick marsh has been in itaewon where the incident took place, he told us earlier that many have arrived and laid tributes. i am here in itaewon, the district in which this tragedy occurred on saturday night. behind me there is a small, impromptu memorial vigil that has started in the last hour. we had prayers earlierfrom monks and candles being lit as well. you can't see but across on the pavement there is a sea of white flowers that has been laid, people coming up in waves to lay down flowers and putting down bottles of soju,
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a korean alcoholic drink. just any kind of tribute, to share grief and pay tribute and show condolence to those 154 overwhelmingly young people, in their teens and early 20s, who went out for what was supposed to be a fun, big, halloween saturday night and unfortunately didn't come home. there are reports that potentially there were not enough police out on the streets. yeah, that is something that is going to be one of the central questions of the investigation which has now started. there is no official explanation given by the authorities as to what caused this crush but there are some things we do know. we know that the vast majority of these 154 people who died on saturday night died just across here. about 20 metres from where i'm standing in an alleyway.
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it goes up a slight incline. it is a very tightly packed, narrow alleyway which people were walking through as part of their night out, maybe trying to get from bar to bar. eyewitnesses say that those at the top of the slope perhaps fell and caused a kind of domino effect and those at the bottom would have been caught under the weight and the sheer number of bodies and lost their life that way. i have to stress that is not the official explanation. we have no official explanation. but that is what a lot of eyewitness reports have been saying and there is a lot of corroborating reports to suggest that. the police say they only had 200 officers on duty, the same number deployed this time last year for halloween, on the saturday night before halloween, and far fewer people were out on the streets that night because of covid restrictions. the authorities say themselves that they were surprised that 100,000 people were on the streets.
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another question notjust about whether there were enough police officers on the streets, but were these officers putting enough emphasis on crowd control? what were they actually here to do? were they for conventional anti—crime prevention or were they here to make sure people were not going through these dangerous and narrow alleyways? were they doing enough to make sure that something as tragic as what happened on saturday didn't happen. nick marsh in seoul. the king has said he and the queen consort are "deeply shocked and saddened" by the crush which killed 154 people during halloween festivities in seoul, south korea. that is a statement of support and condolences from king charles. at least 141 people have died following the collapse of a footbridge in western india, according to local police. hundreds were thought to have been on the bridge in morbi in gujarat when it went down,
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plunging them into a river. the bridge was only reopened last week after extensive renovations. our south asia correspondent, yogita limaye, reports. moments after the collapse, survivors tried to clamber up what remains of the footbridge. at this popular spot in the western town of morbi, families were out together at the end of a week of holidays for diwali festivities. locals were the first to respond, helping pull people out. some even swimming out to rescue those stuck in the middle of the river. at one of the banks, people tried to form a human chain to reach as many as they could. the bridge, built in the 19th century, was closed for renovation for six months, reopened less than a week ago. schools were off, and so lots of people were here along with their children. the bridge collapsed because of overcrowding, sukram, an eyewitness said.
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at the hospital, a steady stream of the injured were brought in. this is indian prime minister nahendra modi's home state and his party is in power here. he announced compensation for those who have been affected. once the struggle to save people is over, for officials here, there will be many tough questions to answer. yogita limaye, bbc news, india. the bbc�*s roxy gagdekar was near the bridge collapse site. towards my left is the site of the tragedy. the rescue operation is still going on right now over here and there are as many as 15 boats in this river called machchu. we are in the morbi area of gujarat. and as you can see, the bridge, the suspension bridge over here, it collapsed last evening and the rescue operation was continued throughout the night last night.
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i reach here before the sunrise and i saw that the rescuers were here, were facing problems to pull out the bodies which were there in the river. as many as 141 bodies have so far been fished out and taken to the civil hospital. all 141 people had died and around 160 people has been rescued in this entire operation. you can still see that these are the cables through which this bridge was actually constructed. and this cable, this goes back to the bridge which actually collapsed last evening and resulted into this tragedy. the nhs is "yet to see a single penny" of the £500 million adult social care discharge fund announced by therese coffey when she was health secretary — that's according to the nhs confederation. the confederation,
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which represents the health and care system in england, wales and northern ireland, has called on the new health secretary, steve barclay, to make releasing the money an "immediate priority." ministers said the money was to help get medically fit patients out of hospital and ease the burden on the nhs this winter. the department of health and social care has told us local authorities and providers will work together on how best to use that cash. let's speak to matthew taylor, chief executive of the nhs confederation. what is your reaction to the fact that this money has not yet been seen? ~ , ., , , seen? well, we were promised this mone a seen? well, we were promised this money a month _ seen? well, we were promised this money a month ago, _ seen? well, we were promised this money a month ago, and _ seen? well, we were promised this money a month ago, and let - seen? well, we were promised this money a month ago, and let me . money a month ago, and let me explain what it is for. at the moment, only around two in five patients are able to leave hospital when they are fit to do so. that is due to a lack of provision in communities and part of that is to do with lack of resources for the health service, but mostly it is due to lack of resources for our partners in local government for
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social care provision. domiciliary social care provision. domiciliary social care. having people trapped in hospital is a huge problem will stop your health tends to worsen when you are in hospital because you don't get any activity so it is better for you to be at home in the community. it is an expensive place for people to be as well. so the government are aware of this huge problem, and this is one of the reasons why ambulances are queueing up reasons why ambulances are queueing up outside emergency department, because there are no beds because patients can't get out of the hospital. aware of that, the government announced getting five weeks ago, £500 million to help with this problem, money that would be provided for social care. that was money for winter. well, here we are, five weeks later and we are still waiting for that money, and the problem that it was supposed to address is still severe in the health service. so, i'm afraid the health service. so, i'm afraid the health and care system is suffering from the consequences of the kind of volatile political position we have beenin volatile political position we have been in for the last few weeks, the
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policy inertia. we really need that money out this week, and the government has got to tell us exactly how it will be spent. loath? government has got to tell us exactly how it will be spent. why do ou think exactly how it will be spent. why do you think it — exactly how it will be spent. why do you think it has _ exactly how it will be spent. why do you think it has taken _ exactly how it will be spent. why do you think it has taken them - exactly how it will be spent. why do you think it has taken them so - exactly how it will be spent. why do | you think it has taken them so long? i don't know. we have been told that the money will primarily go to top up the money will primarily go to top up the wages of domiciliary care workers. let me be clear. i represent the health service, most of this money will end up going, i think, to people who work for local government, but that's fine because we need our local government partners to have greater support so that they can help us. so we think most of it will go to top up those wagers. i have heard there was a conversation about, well, which hospitals have got the biggest problem is question mark i can tell you because i speak to leaders every day, i hardly know of a problem elite mag a hospital in england that does not have this problem, of patients being unable to leave. the covenant has got to get this money out, give us as much flexibility as we can to spend it locally, but if we can to spend it locally, but if we don't get it soon it will be too late to deal with these winter
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pressures. it late to deal with these winter pressures-— late to deal with these winter ressures. , ~ ., pressures. it sounds like almost £500 million — pressures. it sounds like almost £500 million isn't _ pressures. it sounds like almost £500 million isn't even - pressures. it sounds like almost £500 million isn't even enoughl £500 million isn't even enough judging by the scale and the depth of the problem that you are describing to me.— of the problem that you are describin: to me. ., i: :: ~ . describing to me. no, 500 william house is not _ describing to me. no, 500 william house is not enough, _ describing to me. no, 500 william house is not enough, but - describing to me. no, 500 william house is not enough, but we - describing to me. no, 500 william house is not enough, but we are i describing to me. no, 500 william i house is not enough, but we are used to this in the health service, and so are our local government colleagues, to using resources in the most effective way. it will be difficult. the gap between the wages that people in social care get and are offered in the hospitality and retail industries is getting bigger and bigger, as inflation rises. so no, this £500 million will not solve the problem. it will, at least, give us some money, and give health services and local authorities the capacity to collaborate on hand to most effectively spend that money to get people who don't need to be in hospital out of hospital, and to free up some capacity to help with theissues free up some capacity to help with the issues we have around emergency care. a, ._ ., the issues we have around emergency care. ., ., ~ i. it's just over a week to go until the us midterm elections, and all eyes are on pennsylvania —
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control of the us senate could come down to which party wins here. there's a governors' race in pennsylvania and competitive congressional elections too. presidentjoe biden was born in scranton, pennsylvania and won the state back from donald trump in 2020 - the bbc�*s laura trevelyan has been taking the political temperature in mr biden's birthplace. # well, i was born in a small town...# scranton, pennsylvania, where the geography ofjoe biden's hometown reflects the political divisions of the nation. scranton is a democratic city in a county which donald trump won. joe biden was victorious here in 2020, and with just over a week to go until the midterm elections, pennsylvania is once again a pivotal state where democrats and republicans are chasing the swing voters. people werejust like, i need to go pick up anotherjob to make more money. it sucks that people
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need to do that. james bogdanor, the head chef of scranton's ale house, sees how his staff are struggling with high prices. he's one of the few voters in this polarized nation who doesn't always support the same party. he voted for donald trump in 2016 and joe biden in 2020, and now he's on the fence. i don't really know where the. . .where the future of america is headed. to be honest with you, it's so split down the middle. it's either extremely hard on one side or extremely hard on the other, ifeel like there's not much middle ground. james is busy in the kitchen these days as it's the final of the baseball world series and fans of scranton's favorite team, the philadelphia phillies, are coming here to watch as he thinks about how to vote, though the cost of living is on his mind. i don't know many people that can afford to pay $4 or $5 a gallon for gas just to get to work and make $7.25 an hourfor some people, which is crazy in 2022 that people
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are only making that much money. so which way are you leaning? it's tough. college football is a saturday afternoon ritual in scranton, and supporters of the lackawanna falcons are out in force. mothers are watching their sons play in pennsylvania. abortion rights are a contentious issue in the midterm elections, as democrats claim that republican candidates want to restrict or even outlaw abortion in the state. i am very concerned about women's rights right now, women's health, women's opportunity to choose. what would you like to see happen in this state on abortion? to be honest, i'd like to see the right to have the choice. this is hometown america here. robin medeiros is a local republican party official. her message to women concerned about abortion rights is they won't disappear in pennsylvania if the state goes red. it's not going to be completely illegal in any state. i don't think they can go that far.
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so i would say relax on that issue. you're ok. this isjoe biden's childhood home. he's used his scranton roots to appeal to the blue—collar voters who deserted democrats for donald trump despite his low national approval ratings. pennsylvania is one state wherejoe biden is campaigning hard in the midterm elections. but if he wants a second term as president, even here, he's facing headwinds. back at the football game, scranton's most famous son is being blamed for the high gas and grocery prices. i think he's doing an awfuljob. he forgot about the american people. he forgot about us. he worried about ukraine. can't afford a lot of bills. got to back up on a lot of the hobbies, things like that. can't afford rent. yeah. can't afford your day to day bills because of inflation all over the world. it's crazy and it's tough.
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as scranton's president awaits the voters' verdict. once again, pennsylvania is the ultimate battleground state. what happens here will show the world where america's centre of political gravity lies. laura trevelyan, bbc news, scranton. here in the uk, south west water has been criticised after raw sewage was pictured flowing into the sea on a cornish beach yesterday. this video was filmed near st agnes. south west water says it was a �*permitted storm overflow�* triggered by heavy rainfall but the campaign group, �*surfers against sewage', accused the company of treating nature like a sewer. there are many ways for smokers to get their nicotine hit, cigarettes being the obvious one, vapes or patches, but what about nicotine pouches? they're tiny sacks, placed between the lip and the gum, to release nicotine into the body, and there's no law stopping children from buying them.
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anti—smoking campaigners say more regulation is urgently needed, as graham satchell reports. a pub in the centre of london, and two friends meet for a drink. blink and you'll miss it. but they're both using something called nicotine pouches. sometimes i've been in the pub and i've had my tub with me, and they've asked me why i've brought my hair gel with me. but steadily over the years, the awareness has just grown. more people are aware of it and more people are maybe looking at it as an option of quitting smoking. nicotine patches are how i quit smoking. since using them, i've been able to quit smoking entirely, completely cold turkey. and it's been really great, great positive effects on my health as well. the pouches are sold in small tubs, often in fruit, mint or other flavours. they contain nicotine in a range of strengths, but no tobacco. researchers say they're safer than cigarettes because there's no smoke. it's the smoke that
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kills, not the nicotine. we think if you are a smoker, moving to something else is a good idea. but if you've never smoked, it's not a good idea to take up using nicotine because it is addictive and it may produce a dependence so that you then have to continue to keep buying these products or other products, which is not a great situation to be in. adverts for nicotine pouches on social media. they're regulated as general products. it means at the moment they can be marketed freely and even sold to children. most nicotine pouch products are owned and made by big tobacco companies. they're very good at marketing products. they've been doing it a very long time. we see them at music festivals, which is prominently at point of sale, partnering with clubs, music venues, which is total tobacco industry playbook of how you sell an addictive product to a young population. new figures from action on smoking and health suggest the number
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of people using pouches so far is small. in a survey of 13,000 people, only 4% say they've tried them. but awareness is highest among 18 to 24—year—olds, with 45% having heard of them. nicotine pouches are now sold everywhere. supermarkets, newsagents, corner shops. nicotine pouches are a small pouch... nicky small from japan tobacco international says they've spearheaded a self—regulatory framework, which limits access to their brand, nordic spirit, to over 18 years. i think there needs to be appropriate and balanced regulation on nicotine pouches because they are a nicotine product and should be treated as such, particularly to ensure that those under the age of 18 do not have access to and are not sold nicotine pouches. so you can concentrate on enjoying nordic spirit. nordic spirit admit they give away free samples of their product and have partnered with a number of music festivals but say they're not targeting younger people and would welcome greater regulation. campaigners and health experts say whatever the potential
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benefits of nicotine pouches as an alternative to smoking, it is wrong that they can legally be sold to children. we need a regulatory framework that captures all nicotine products, and that means thinking about how these products are being marketed and whether it's appropriate, having an age of sale for a product, which is highly addictive. so let's have a proper regulation of nicotine that means that we have a robust policy for the future. the department of health in england told us they're reviewing the impact of nicotine pouches. campaigners say that's not enough, and a ban on the sale of all nicotine products to under 18 years is needed now. graeme satchell, bbc news. china has launched the final module of its tiangong space station, the latest step in its ambitious space programme. state media said the module, named mengtian or "dreaming of heavens," was launched from a space launch centre on china's tropical island hainan.
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it is the third and final major component of the t—shaped tiangong space station and carries a number of cutting—edge science equipment into orbit. more than 200 dogs have participated in a special halloween charity walk, dressed in their very own spooky attire. the pack were led by pumpkin, a paralysed west highland terrier, with the help of her wheelchair. simon sparks went to meet her. this is pumpkin at only ten weeks old, just getting used to her wheels. but now look at her. stronger and faster than ever. last year money was being raised so that pumpkin could have an operation. but that wasn't possible. it was revealed that pumpkin's spine had been broken due to extreme trauma. something we wasn't aware of and something we weren't prepared for.
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so the money raised for her operation has started a charity instead. called pumpkin and friends, with pumpkin being the charity ambassador. oh, yes! right on cue. well—trained! pumpkin has developed this very, very cheeky personality. and this is why her videos go viral, because she is full of personality. isn't it? that's enough now! in the 12 months, pumpkin has raised over £50,000. we provide wheelchairs, hydrotherapy, physiotherapy. the animals that we help are called wheelie good friends. 42 of which are dogs. and then we have a little goat that we've helped. the goat is a five—month—old goat called little legs. and he is gorgeous. her charity has earned her the title of hero dog of the year. but for her final big money raiser,
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the halloween dog walk in lincoln, she faced a dilemma. she has a choice of two costumes. a spooky spider or a cute pumpkin. and here they are. so what do you think she went as? the spooky spider on the left? or pumpkin as a pumpkin on the right? she wouldn't walk with a hat though, as she hates it. well, the spider was top choice. pumpkin was too obvious, wasn't it? and she took the lead with over 200 dogs in their scary costumes, raising money so other dogs can benefit in the future. simon spark, bbc news, lincoln. that is just too sweet. that's amazing. that's it for this hour. thank you very much for your company. you can reach me on twitter anytime, i'm @bbcmaryam. stay with us for more of today's stories and of course you can keep up to date on the bbc news website and app.
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hello. as we go through this week, you will notice a change in the temperature as it slips down closer to the seasonal norm. we have a weather front out towards the west which has brought some rain. in the west the wind will pick up, and later these weather fronts coming into southern areas. so, a lot of dry weather today and a fair bit of sunshine. the rain will move across scotland and through northern ireland, where it will be quite heavy and brightening up behind it. by heavy and brightening up behind it. by then, there will be showers coming in across the south coast with temperatures of 13—18 c. this evening and overnight, if you are going out trick or treating, you can see all this rain moving northwards.
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the rain in the west pushing slowly east through the course of the night, and the wind will strengthen along the southern coastal counties and the channel islands. temperatures ranging from 9—14 c. as we head on into tomorrow, we start off with rain, and quite smartly it will push northwards and eastwards, eventually clearing. that will leave us with a regime of sunny spells and showers. a lot of the showers will be in the west, but we will see some in the south, and those in the west are likely to be heavy and sundry with a temperature range of 12—15 c, so temperatures are slowly coming down. a ridge of high pressure on wednesday, before a ridge of low pressure come singing, so we start on a dry and chillier note on wednesday with some sunshine, but then the rain comes in from the west and the wind will pick up through the day. strongest winds in western areas, especially with exposure.
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temperatures 10—16 c. into friday, we still have low pressure with us and a weather front taking the rain away from the south—east. another blustery day on thursday, with sunshine and showers. longer spells of rain in the north west. through the day the wind will slowly start to ease. we are saying goodbye to the high teens and low 20s that some of us have seen recently. as we move onto into friday, another day of sunshine and just a feud showers. rain comes into the west later on friday and that will push eastwards on saturday, leaving us with and showers.
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this is bbc news. the headlines at 11. bbc news has obtained pictures of the conditions inside the manston migrant processing centre. in the first image, children can be seen playing on a tennis court encircled by the metal barriers, with many facility workers wearing high—vis jackets watching on. how big does the crisis need to get, home secretary? it comes as pressure on the home secretary suella braverman builds to tackle conditions at the centre in kent. the fact of the matter is, it is overwhelmed, and it is wholly unacceptable. we need a range of things to know from the home secretary, including knowing what action is being taken to deal with the illegal overcrowding. clearly there is more to do
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but we are making progress. but we've got to stop these people being exploited. ukraine says 12 cargo ships carrying grain have left the country under a deal brokered by the un. parts of ukraine's capital kyiv are without power and water after russia launches more missile strikes across the country. a victorious comeback. brazil's former president lula da silva beats his far—right opponentjair bolsanaro to win his old job back. labour is expected to demand that the home secretary, suella braverman, addresses mps today about worsening conditions at a migrant processing centre in kent.
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many migrants that arrive in small boats are processed at the port of dover. but some are moved to a holding facility further north in manston where there is overcrowding, and there has been reports of a diptheria outbreak. let's take a look over the weekend there was a petrol bomb attack at a home office migrant centre in dover. hundreds of people were then taken to a migrant processing centre in manston. last week, the independent border inspector, david neal, told mps he had been left speechless by the "really dangerous" situation at manston. the government said it was controlling immigration and deterring traffickers and that health and safety was the priority at manston. bbc news has obtained pictures of the conditions inside the manston migrant processing centre. roger gale has been speaking to the
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today programme about how he felt about what he saw. hugely depressed, because when i last visited injuly it was a good facility being very well run with people moving through as they were intended to. that's how the facility was set up. what i saw yesterday and indeed previously on thursday, was a deterioration actually between thursday and yesterday. the staff, the home office staff, the civilian staff and medical staff are doing a fantasticjob under very difficult circumstances but the fact of the matter is, it is overwhelmed and it is wholly unacceptable. the chief inspector said that he thought the conditions were dangerous and that the conditions in which some people are being held left him speechless. is that a view you share? i don't entirely share the inspector's view. the food and catering facilities are excellent. the care on the part of the people looking after people is good. the medical facilities are excellent. there are simply far too many people there and this situation should never have been allowed to develop
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and i'm not sure that it hasn't almost been developed deliberately. deliberately? why? it appears, i was told that the home office is finding it very difficult to secure hotel accommodation. i now understand that this was a policy issue and the decision was taken not to book additional hotel space. nick, that's like driving your car down the motorway, seeing the motorway clear ahead, then there is a car crash and suddenly there is a five mile tailback. the car crash was the decision not to book more hotel space. daniel sandford has been in dover this morning, he told me more about what concerns there are. yes, i mean, the concern is that there was a decision made when suella braverman was first home secretary. viewers may remember that she was appointed home secretary by liz truss, then resigned and has been
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reappointed by rishi sunak. when she was first home secretary there was a reluctance to block book any more hotels for people who had crossed the channel in small boats. that didn't deal with the reality of the situation which was that large numbers of people were still crossing the channel. so what has happened is in the last few weeks a large number of people have filled up at manston airport, where they have done the processing, where they are supposed to be for 24 hours while they are processing, but there is nowhere to go on to because people normally after manston would go on either to a hotel or an immigration detention centre if there was concerns they might then abscond. the vast majority of people go into hotels but there are no hotel rooms booked so there is nowhere for them to go. there is some talk now of trying to book rooms in hotels where there are guests staying, but obviously that would be a big change in policy and could in itself be controversial.
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they are now in a sort of crisis moment and robertjenrick, the immigration minister, as roger gale was saying, did visit manston yesterday. we believe he might still be in kent. some quick decisions will have to be made to stop the manston processing centre becoming even more overwhelmed than it already is. i have been here this morning. we haven't seen people crossing in small boats today, although the weather is good, so that may at least give them some temporary relief, but if the weather stays like this then people could arrive again today. and if we get fewer than 100 more crossing the channel in the next couple of days then we will actually get to a record number of people... sorry, we have already passed the record, we would get to 40,000 people having already crossed the channel in small boats this year. it was 28,000 last year and we still have two more months of the year to go. in november and december last year 8,000 people crossed
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despite the much colder conditions. this is not a problem that is likely to go away. it is very, very unlikely that anyone will be able to turn off the numbers of people leaving the beaches of france for dover. that doesn't seem to be something that is in control at the moment. in a way, the petrol bomb attack highlighted issues that were very much already there. that's right. the petrol bomb attack in many ways is irrelevant to the crisis at manston. that was already something that was being talked about in the house of commons last week. yes, there were 700 people in the very short—term holding facility here at dover when it was attacked by a petrol bomb and they had to be more quickly moved across to manston. but those 700 people just took the numbers at manston from 3300 to 4000. it was designed to take 1600, so it was already more than double capacity.
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people were sleeping there 32 days when they were supposed to be there 24 hours. that crisis already existed. the petrol bombing just exacerbated the problem yesterday. the petrol bombing in the end didn't really do any damage. there were some minor devices against the outside of the very short—term processing facility here. of course tragically the person who carried out the attack then took their own life very shortly afterwards. kent police are investigating that, but it looks like it will be a case almost of mental health or something similar to that. daniel sandford in dover. our political correspondent, helen catt is at westminster. labour are asking are hoping to get the home secretary to answer some questions, urgent questions they say in the house of commons today. thea;r in the house of commons today. they are, the in the house of commons today. they are. they want — in the house of commons today. they are. they want to _ in the house of commons today. they are, they want to hear _ in the house of commons today. tue: are, they want to hear from in the house of commons today. tte are, they want to hear from suella are, they want to hearfrom suella braverman who has not spoken about
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the situation at manston publicly. some conservative mps want to hear from her as well, and the issue of small crossings in particular has been one the government has struggled with for a number of years and we know, because when the weather is fine you get large numbers of crossings. but it is particularly the issue, that question sir roger gale has a raised, the idea that it was a decision by the home secretary herself not to continue booking hotels which has led to this particular issue in manston, of this significant overcrowding. the shadow home secretary yvette cooper was speaking earlier and said the whole system needs looking at. i think we need an overhaul of the whole system. we've got a series of different problems and, as you've said, we've had, actuallyjust this weekend, really, a report around the serious overcrowding, possible illegal overcrowding, and diphtheria outbreak at manston.
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obviously, that attack in dover. there have been other serious home affairs issues this morning, including serious cybersecurity allegations. the person who should be responding on your programme this morning is the home secretary. she should be putting a statement into parliament, as well, but is unable to do so because she can't answer her own questions about security breaches. the expectation is the prime minister will talk to the home secretary today. the prime minister's priority is said to be health and safety. robertjenrick, the immigration minister went to visit manston yesterday to see the situation for himself and he spoke about there being 1000 people who arrived on saturday having created immense pressure and describes it as an intolerable situation. here is what the minister, mark spencer, had to say earlier. we are working with local authorities. we have put over £20 million into the scheme to work with
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local authorities. let's not lose track, loose sight, if you like, of the people who are at fault here, that these are basically very vicious people who are putting vulnerable people on small boats, on unseaworthy boats, putting them on the channel and sending them across at the same time as taking their life savings for that privilege. we have to break that model, we have to break the model of those very vicious people that are exploiting the most vulnerable people in the world. so we have heard from government ministers but there is significant pressure to hear from the ministers but there is significant pressure to hearfrom the home secretary herself, suella braverman, and the issue for her is that this is in and of itself a big issue but she is now being questioned about our policyjudgments at a time when there are also questions about her personaljudgment and questions personal judgment and questions about personaljudgment and questions about the prime minister's decision to reappoint as home secretary after she admitted breaching the ministerial code by sending an official document from her personal
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e—mail to a colleague in parliament a couple of weeks ago. so there are questions about the timing of that. she said owned up to it, if you like, as soon as she found out that there are questions about the timeframe of how quickly she did that after discovering that she had made this mistake, so pressure on two fronts on suella braverman this morning, on her personaljudgment, but also her policyjudgment. but also her policy 'udgment. helen, thank ou. but also her policy 'udgment. helen, thank you. let— but also her policy 'udgment. helen, thank you. let me — but also her policyjudgment. helen, thank you. let me show— but also her policyjudgment. helen, thank you. let me show you - but also her policyjudgment. helen, thank you. let me show you some i thank you. let me show you some images that the bbc have obtained in the last few minutes which show the inside of that manston detention facility. this first picture, you can see children are playing on a tennis court encircled by metal barriers with barbed wire fencing surrounding the facility and in the second image you see a man holding the hand of a young girl and they
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appear to be waiting in some sort of holding area. to give you some background into this, the centre in manston is meant to hold people for 48 hours before they are transferred and is meant to hold up to 1600 people and since the firebombing of a separate processing facility, it is now housing or thousand. and there are people who've been there for five weeks and reports of concern, the health conditions of summer migrants housed there, and the media reporting there were cases of diphtheria and reported casing of mrsa all those these are unconfirmed as yet and we did mention last week the independent inspector told mps that he had been left, and these are his words, speechless by the really dangerous situation at manston.
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these are photos that the bbc has obtained of the processing facility where it is believed that around 4000 migrants are currently being housed, although the conservative mp sir roger gale has said he has been assured that 650 will be moved out of manston into hotels and temporary accommodation this week, but that still leaves much more, about 3350 in the processing facility which is about double the number that should be in there at any given time. i'm joined now by the former border control officer chris hobbs. very good to speak to you and thanks for coming on the programme. what is the problem here? you had 30 years experience. what is happening? basically the human traffickers are holding sway. it started as a movement from war—torn countries, getting them across europe, getting them to france and doing that last step, i call it the last stop on the
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piccadilly line which might explain why the french police are rather lukewarm in their efforts to tackle the problem on the beaches, but now we have the additional problem of crime networks, albanian crime networks and there is huge concern amongst police in respect of their activities in this country and they are bringing people across, some perhaps will be used as foot soldiers, some blue tenants and there will be some who will end up being literally human slaves, so it's a massive problem and unless we can tackle this problem at source, where the heads of the traffickers are and actually get these passes, the masterminds under arrest we will struggle, and that can only be done with a massive international cooperation, and at the moment there is some, there are some arrests but quite simply it's not enough to tackle the problem and unless we do that, the problem will continue in the next month and over the next years because so many people want to
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leave the lives they have at the moment and come to europe and come to the uk. mit? moment and come to europe and come to the uk. ~ , .,, moment and come to europe and come tothe uk. ~ , , moment and come to europe and come totheuk. , , to the uk. why has it been so difficult for _ to the uk. why has it been so difficult for this _ to the uk. why has it been so difficult for this international | difficult for this international cooperation that is so important to happen? it cooperation that is so important to ha en? , , ,.. happen? it is the sheer scale, the fact there are _ happen? it is the sheer scale, the fact there are a _ happen? it is the sheer scale, the fact there are a number— happen? it is the sheer scale, the fact there are a number of- happen? it is the sheer scale, the fact there are a number of crime i fact there are a number of crime networks involved and it crosses international boundaries so you need this level of cooperation. we have been slightly handicapped by brexit. we have lost access to euro poll and the schengen database and to a number of other facilities but it's notjust european law enforcement, it also means law enforcement in other countries where the problem originates. it is a huge problem, as far as the albanian problem is concerned, there is some cooperation with the albanian police. we need more. we've done this before. the problem is not on the same scale, but problems emanating from the caribbean where unscrupulous people exploited the poor and desperate and got them basically to bring drugs
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across. there was an international agreement between ourselves, jamaica and the problem stopped, but this is and the problem stopped, but this is a far, far bigger problem and it's going to need some real ingenuity to deal with it, and at the moment there are no signs of that happening. there are no signs of that happening-— there are no signs of that haueninu. �* ., happening. and in the immediate timeframe. _ happening. and in the immediate timeframe, we _ happening. and in the immediate timeframe, we are _ happening. and in the immediate timeframe, we are talking - happening. and in the immediate timeframe, we are talking aboutl happening. and in the immediate - timeframe, we are talking about now, we have these processing facilities. if you look at the figures, 4000 people in a processing facility that is meant to house 1600, what do you think the home office needs to do now? �* , ., think the home office needs to do now? �*, . , , . think the home office needs to do now? 2 . ,, ., , ., ., ., now? it's a desperate situation and hotels are being _ now? it's a desperate situation and hotels are being utilised _ now? it's a desperate situation and hotels are being utilised and - now? it's a desperate situation and hotels are being utilised and some| hotels are being utilised and some hotels are being utilised and some hotels will not want their normal trade disrupted. other hotels might welcome it in the light of the current economic situation but the other problem is that some people are arriving here and are disappearing from hotels, or literally running straight up the beaches and vanishing, presumably to contacts that are already established here. so it is a massive, massive problem and at the moment the home office on the border
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force itself is in meltdown. the border force, notjust with this problem, but other problems, are having a torrid time and the staff are demoralised and there is the problem of retention and it is not just this issue, there are issues about people coming to the country legally and not leaving. tens of thousands a year, that is happening. so we have problems across the board and it will need a huge effort by the home office and by the home secretary, whoever it might be, in the months to come, to deal with the problem. i can't think of any easy solutions, but the crime networks have to be tackled.— have to be tackled. chris hobbs, thank ou have to be tackled. chris hobbs, thank you for— have to be tackled. chris hobbs, thank you for coming _ have to be tackled. chris hobbs, thank you for coming on - have to be tackled. chris hobbs, thank you for coming on the - thank you for coming on the programme. the headlines on bbc news: bbc news has obtained pictures of the conditions inside the manston migrant processing centre. in the first image, children can be seen playing on a tennis court encircled by the metal barriers, with many facility workers wearing high—vis jackets watching on.
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how big does the crisis need to get, home secretary? it comes as pressure on the home secretary, suella braverman, builds to tackle conditions at the centre in kent. ukraine says 12 cargo ships carrying grain have left the country under a deal brokered by the un. ukraine says 12 cargo ships carrying key grain exports have left its ports under the black sea grain initiative. russia pulled out of the un—brokered deal on saturday after an attack on its black sea fleet and it's not known how its forces will respond to the resumption of the shipments. meanwhile, russia has launched a new wave of strikes against critical infrastructure in ukraine. kyiv said more than 50 cruise missiles had been fired, but many had been shot down. several ukrainian regions, including kyiv, kharkiv and zaporitzhzhia, have reported damage to infrastructure and power cuts. earlier, i spoke to
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the bbc�*s hugo bachega from the ukrainian capital, kyiv. we have been given the all clear from the authorities so we are back in our usual position in kyiv. we know that critical infrastructure has been hit here in the capital. there are reports of power cuts across the city. also, water outages across the capital this morning. there have been attacks reported in the city of kharkiv, the country's second largest city in the north—east of the country. the mayorjust moments ago described the situation as quite complicated in the city. in zaporizhzhia in the south, again critical infrastructure was hit and again power cuts have been reported in the city of zaporizhzhia. we had a reaction from the country's foreign minister, dmytro kuleba, who said that instead of fighting on the battlefields, russia fights civilians. it seems to be part
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of the strategy here. russia has been attacking civilian infrastructure across the country for weeks ahead of winter so there is a lot of concern here that because of these attacks the system is not going to be able to cope. this is a country where temperatures can drop to —15, —20 celsius. president zelensky has said a third of the country's electricity infrastructure has been damaged and last week we heard a dramatic plea from one of the country's deputy prime ministers telling ukrainians who have fled the country to stay where they are to help ease the pressure on the system and to return only after winter. so there is a lot of concern that these attacks are going to continue and again the ukrainians are saying that this is how the russians are reacting, responding to setbacks on the battlefield, by attacking civilian sites and civilian infrastructure in cities across the country including places away from the front lines. hugo bachega in kyiv. for more on the current
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situation, i'mjoined now by mykola bielieskov, a senior analyst at the non—profit charity come back alive, which provides support to the armed forces of ukraine. he is also research fellow at ukraine's national institute for strategic studies in kyiv. what is your reaction to russia once more targeting infrastructure within ukraine, within keith and civilian targets? —— within kyiv. tt’s ukraine, within keith and civilian targets? -- within kyiv.— targets? -- within kyiv. it's a continuation _ targets? -- within kyiv. it's a continuation of _ targets? -- within kyiv. it's a continuation of terror - targets? -- within kyiv. it's a continuation of terror tactics l continuation of terror tactics employed by russia for which it should be punished and designated a terrorist state, but in addition with the damage they are trying to do to our distribution system for electricity is immoral but also an attempt by the putin regime to steal the headlines and they got attention from the fact that we have initiative in kherson and luhansk and also an initiative in the naval domain as we saw in sebastopol, so
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it's two prong. one, you is gaining momentum and trying to exploit it to the fullest extent, but on the other hand russia is continuing its terror tactics. but as you see, we are quite successful in intercepting the majority of russian missiles but our air defence system cannot insure 100% of interceptions which is why we need more shipments of modern air defences and also assistance to rebuild all of the damage inflicted by russia on our electricity distribution system. and also, if reports are confirmed, that russia targeted hydroelectric power stations, that is a new level of escalation. when russia broadened its targets which are in its opinion as acceptable as being shelled by missiles. ., ., , , , ., as acceptable as being shelled by missiles. ., ., i, missiles. some analysts are saying ahead of the _ missiles. some analysts are saying ahead of the winter _ missiles. some analysts are saying ahead of the winter that _ missiles. some analysts are saying ahead of the winter that russia - ahead of the winter that russia clearly has a tactical plan in what it is doing. clearly has a tactical plan in what it is doing-— clearly has a tactical plan in what itisdoina.~ , ., , it is doing. well, they, of course, fiuuhtin
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it is doing. well, they, of course, fighting the _ it is doing. well, they, of course, fighting the war _ it is doing. well, they, of course, fighting the war is _ it is doing. well, they, of course, fighting the war is they _ it is doing. well, they, of course, fighting the war is they want - it is doing. well, they, of course, fighting the war is they want to i fighting the war is they want to move us out of the zone of comfort, but it is natural. the war, the confrontation of two powers and nobody is going to find a way that you want to have it, but we are not fighting in the way russians want us to so we there was a great surprise in sebastopol on saturday, last saturday, so despite the fact that the morale is as high as in 1940 when the uk was a target of the nazi air blitz, so they attack as more and our resolve is improved and our morale is improved, so their tactics will not be successful. t morale is improved, so their tactics will not be successful.— will not be successful. i wanted to ask ou will not be successful. i wanted to ask you about _ will not be successful. i wanted to ask you about resolve _ will not be successful. i wanted to ask you about resolve and - will not be successful. i wanted to| ask you about resolve and morale, particularly amongst ukrainian soldiers. ~ ., ., , soldiers. well, morale is quite high because we — soldiers. well, morale is quite high because we are _ soldiers. well, morale is quite high because we are now— soldiers. well, morale is quite high because we are now on _ soldiers. well, morale is quite high because we are now on a _ soldiers. well, morale is quite high| because we are now on a successful streak and we've had a couple of successful strategic operations and
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we have to press the russians into those directions, so morale is quite high but we are entering the winter period and i would say on good ground, the russians could lose this campaign and our defences are trying to stop ukrainian fences and the morale is high and we are preparing for winter which means we can ensure to the fullest extent the preservation of the ukrainian troops morale. tt’s preservation of the ukrainian troops morale. �* , , preservation of the ukrainian troops morale. �*, , ., ., ,, ., morale. it's been so good to talk to ou and i morale. it's been so good to talk to you and i appreciate _ morale. it's been so good to talk to you and i appreciate you _ morale. it's been so good to talk to you and i appreciate you taking - morale. it's been so good to talk to you and i appreciate you taking the | you and i appreciate you taking the time to speak to us today. thank you for the invitation. in one of the most stunning political comebacks, luiz inacio lula da silva has been voted in as brazil's next president. it was a tight race. the former leftist leader, who served 18 months in prison for corruption charges, later annulled, took nearly 51% of the vote. far—right incumbent jair bolsonaro won 49%. mr bolsonaro becomes the first sitting president in brazil ever to lose re—election. our south america correspondent
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katy watson reports. cheering celebration on the streets of sao paulo, and a sense of relief. they predicted a tight race and it was a nailbiter to the very end. i feel relieved not only for the brazilian people, but for the whole planet, for the amazon, for the democracy, for human rights. so we are very happy. it is a very divided country, though. there will be a lot of people unhappy. yes, because it was very little difference, a small difference. so we have to be very patient and we have to leave the anger and the hatred away. what a comeback for brazil's president—elect, a man who left powerjust 12 years ago with a sky—high approval rating but who then subsequently fell from grace over corruption scandals. here he is again, lula 2.0.
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translation: it was the hardest campaign of my life. _ it wasn't men against men, party against party — it was a group of people who love freedom and democracy, against authoritarianism. the noise on the streets filled the silence from bolsonaro's camp. the speculation was that he went to bed. while voting was largely peaceful, there was a lot of expectation and nerves on sunday as people cast their ballot. in this unequal country the divide was clear — rich and poor, left and right. people had a stark choice to make. i voted for bolsonaro, of course. what's the best thing about bolsonaro? why do you like bolsonaro? i don't agree with him, like, 100%. i think he has a lot of flaws. but he's a man of god, he has the right principles. he is not the biggest thief that
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ever existed in brazil. it's very sad in my opinion to see brazil in this state where we have to decide between two candidates that make brazil such a polarised country, inciting violence, extremes. i think especially, they don't represent any of the young population, right. any progress in the country. it's really very sad. so my vote is a vote of protest. amid such division, it was lula who made it to the finish line first. people here are shouting, "lula has returned." like him or loathe him, this is a historic moment for brazil, 20 years after lula first became president, he's back in the top job. but for these people, a lula victory is not a victory for brazil. his job will be to unite them and be their president, too. lula will have to contend with conservative lawmakers in whatever he wants to do. it won't be easy but tonight these supporters aren't worried. he's back in the top job and he's back to change brazil.
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katy watson, bbc news, sao paolo. joining me now is dr elena lazarou, associate fellow at the us and the americas programme at chatham house. it's been good to talk to you and thank_ it's been good to talk to you and thank you — it's been good to talk to you and thank you. let's ask you first. this is the _ thank you. let's ask you first. this is the most — thank you. let's ask you first. this is the most divisive poll since brazil's — is the most divisive poll since brazil's return to democracy in 1985 — brazil's return to democracy in 1985. n, , brazil's return to democracy in 1985. y , brazil's return to democracy in 1985. y 1985. many in the country are watchin: 1985. many in the country are watching lula _ 1985. many in the country are watching lula to _ 1985. many in the country are watching lula to see - 1985. many in the country are watching lula to see where i 1985. many in the country are| watching lula to see where he 1985. many in the country are - watching lula to see where he goes next. how difficult will it be for him to unite a country where 49% of people did not vote for him? first of all, people did not vote for him? first of all. thank _ people did not vote for him? first of all, thank you _ people did not vote for him? first of all, thank you for _ people did not vote for him? f "st of all, thank you for having me again. i think you are asking exactly the right question and we are mature enough after what we've seenin are mature enough after what we've seen in recent years in the political science community to know that uniting a polarised country is very difficult. what lula seems to be intending to do if we read into his speech from yesterday is to emphasise the fact that perhaps this
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will not be a lula two. he pointed out yesterday how his win has not been one of his party, but one of the democratic forces against authoritarianism and he has a vice president who is not from his party and used to be an opponent. he has been endorsed by several of his older opponents and has said that this was an election between two different narratives for the future of brazil, but i will govern for 100% of brazil. so the election is over so now it is governance for 100%. that is symbolic and this is language and this is where we are on day one. i think going forward he will try to reach out to congress and even forces that are not necessarily his allies because the brazilian congress has been known to move here and there, so he will try to do that, i think, and then work with the three branches, the other two branches of power and see how he can create some sense of democracy, trust, transparency. but there is a
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lot at stake and it's difficult. ca re care bolts in our�*s supporters have created a strong presence within congress. how difficult will that make things for the next four years? it will make it difficult to pass legislation. he has a big job ahead of him. he has to somehow manage the increase to spending cap to be able to spend more than the equivalent of an increase commensurate with inflation. that will be super difficult. as i said before, looking at brazilian presidential relations with congress in the past, there has been ways that presidents get that through. the way to do that is not to remind the public of the old corruption scandals. lula is a very skilled politician, he has people on
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his side not from a diversity of parties so we may be surprised that he can get support in congress. there's the issue working with governors in different states that are supporting jair bolsonaro, that could be more tricky. there will be a lot of communication, contact and outreach. �* , , , outreach. i'm sure. many people around the _ outreach. i'm sure. many people around the world _ outreach. i'm sure. many people around the world watching - outreach. i'm sure. many people around the world watching the i around the world watching the brazilian elections with interest. i heard it described by some and that the results of the selection were an existential question for the world because, specifically, the environment, the claimant, what is happening with the amazonian rainforest, very different plans between jair bolsonaro rainforest, very different plans betweenjair bolsonaro and lula. will the amazonian rainforest be more protected under this new president?— more protected under this new resident? , , ., ., ., , ., president? this is a ma'or question for the world * president? this is a ma'or question for the world because _ president? this is a major question for the world because we _ president? this is a major question for the world because we are - president? this is a major question for the world because we are a - president? this is a major question for the world because we are a few| for the world because we are a few days ahead of the next climate compliments conference in nature. lula has increased the confidence and climates in the past months.
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what he said yesterday and seems to be the agenda going forward is to focus on regulating activities in the amazon again, reducing deforestation again. also, including sustainability provisions in the manufacturing of brazilian products and trades exports from brazil. that is very important because both on the eu and the us key legislation is being passed on that requires products do not impact the environment negatively in order to be part of supply chains and imports. he is really going to try to have an agenda to push protest —— domestic production and exports put in a sustainable way. that is the plan, at least. it in a sustainable way. that is the plan. at least-— in a sustainable way. that is the plan, at least. it has been so good to have your _ plan, at least. it has been so good to have your programme. - plan, at least. it has been so good to have your programme. thank i plan, at least. it has been so good i to have your programme. thank you once again. sport now and a full round—up
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from the bbc sport centre. good morning. australia have survived a late rally by ireland's lorcan tucker to win by 42 runs and move up to second in group1. australian captain aaron finch reached 68 as he helped australia to 179, leaving the irish needing their best ever run chase if they were to come away with a win. but they were reduced to 25—4 early in their innings with starc findng two wickets in his first over. tucker did his best to bring ireland back into the game with an unbeaten 71 from 48 balls, but it wasn't enough as ireland were all out for 137. meanwhile, in the same group, england play top of the table new zealand tomorrow. friday's wash—out against australia left their hopes hanging in the balance. the team know a win is needed and they're being encouraged to go out and fight for it.
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you don't win world cups by being conservative, you've got to be one step ahead of the opposition. as we all know, in the past five or six years the power of a batting line—up has been something that other teams have feared and we have got to make sure that we utilise that and be smart with its. obviously, the grounds are bigger over here, but when you do get that opportunity due to take it and show your power. india's virat kohli says he has been the victim of an "absolute invasion of privacy" in perth. it's after intruders entered his hotel room and posted video of his clothes and belongings on social media. a contractor has now been stood down by the hotel. the icc says it is incredibly disappointed. an investigation is ongoing. marcus rashford's red hot form at the moment for manchester united could see him secure his spot in gareth southgate's world cup squad, 15 months after last playing for england. rashford scored in united's win over west ham yesterday, leaving them a point off the top four.
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it's now eight matches unbeaten for erik ten hag's side after beating the hammers. rashford playing a key part, with the only goal of the game, his seventh of the season and 100th for the club. he is clearly feeling in a better place. on and off the pitch. yeah, it's a beautifulfeeling. it's something i've been working on. ifeel like i need to be scoring more goals in them situations. i need to be in those areas more often. so, i'm just working on being in the areas and trying to get on the end of things. the arsenal forward bukayo saka could face a race to be fit in time for the world cup after going off injured in arsenal's victory yesterday. he set up the first goal for gabriel martinelli in their 5—0 victory over nottingham forest. each but then came the injury. after being tackled he was substituted. manager mikel arteta remains optimistic he won't be out too long. it was a tricky afternoon, but i think we started really well again.
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we were in control of the game, and really happy to be back at the top again. and on the reverse side of that — is there any news on bukayo saka? it did look a worry. yeah, he had to come off. he wasn't comfortable. he had a really bad kick in the first ball and he could not shssh continue, so let's see how he is. no news yet? no. celtic restored their four point gap at the top of the table. no guesses needed where this ball�*s going! greg taylor with their second in a 3—0 win over livingston. there was another defeat for bottom club ross county, as they lost at home to hearts. history was made in the women's super league as arsenal set a new record of 13 successive wins. they beat west ham 3—1. frida maanum with arsenal's final goal. elsewhere, tottenham thrashed brighton 8—0, while there were also wins for manchester united, who remain top on goal difference, manchester city, chelsea and reading. talking of setting records, max verstappen has set a new one for the most race wins in a season. his 14th came at the mexico grand prix, having started on pole. lewis hamilton came second,
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over 15 seconds behind verstappen, with his red bull teammate sergio perez in third. that's all the sport for now. the nhs is "yet to see a single penny" of the £500 million adult social care discharge fund announced by therese coffey when she was health secretary. that's according to the nhs confederation. the confederation, which represents the health and care system in england, wales and northern ireland, has called on the new health secretary, steve barclay, to make releasing the money an "immediate priority". ministers said the money was to help get medically fit patients out of hospital and ease the burden on the nhs this winter. the department of health and social care has told us local authorities and providers will work together on how best to use that cash. earlier, i spoke to matthew taylor, who is the chief executive of the nhs confederation.
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having people trapped in hospital is a huge problem your health will tend to worsen because you don't get any activity. it is betterfor you to worsen because you don't get any activity. it is better for you to be at home in the community. it is an expensive place for people to be, as well. the government are aware of this huge problem and it is one of the reasons why ambulances are queueing up outside emergency departments because there are no bed spree in hospitals because those patients can get out of the back of the hospital, as it were. the government announced five weeks ago £500 million to help with this problem, money directed primarily at social care. that was money for the winter. here we are now five weeks later and we are still waiting for that money and the problem it was supposed postie address are still a severe problem. the health and care system is suffering from the consequences of the kind of volatile political position we have been in
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for the last few weeks and the policy inertia. we really need that money out this week and the government has got to tell us how exactly it is going to be spent. let's speak to sarah gorton, who's head of health at the union unison, which represents nearly half a million health care workers in the uk...(os) what is your reaction to what has been said by the nhs confederation today? it is really unclear as to what the problem is with delivering these promises. it seems like we are going into chaos. those people who are waiting to get into hospital to have their elective surgery, to those people who are in hospital you don't need to be. for all of the staff who are working in those environments are working in those environments arejust adds are working in those environments are just adds extra pressure. it all adds up to giving the impression
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that the government does not have any intention to deliver on the premises —— the promises they made. it makes you wonder if they do have a plan for the nhs. they are clearly not taking advice from people like the nhs confederation on the surface planning issues. they are certainly not taking advice from people like us around what is needed to resolve some of the staffing issues in the nhs. it does not give you confidence that this is a government is preparing for this winter. where is this money now? i have no idea. the nhs confederation commented that it is just nhs confederation commented that it isjust being nhs confederation commented that it is just being held nhs confederation commented that it isjust being held up due to nhs confederation commented that it is just being held up due to the delays with new ministers. there is
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no published set of responsibilities for the new category of ministers that have gone into the department of health. this is no surprise. we have seen a massive reshuffling of roles and responsibilities from government to try to cope with the situation where they have been losing powers. nobody is actually taking the problem seriously. nobody is talking to us about how we are going to resolve the industrial dispute that has been building for months and months. ministers were given fair warning by the health unions. nobody is talking to us about how we can resolve the staffing crisis, the pay crisis in the nhs, so this isjust more evidence of bungling and a lack of
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consistent approach to the health service. ,., ., ., consistent approach to the health service. ., ., ~ consistent approach to the health service. ., ., ,, ., ., ,, service. good to talk to you. thank ou. the south korean president, yoon suk—yeol, has opened a memorial to the victims of saturday's halloween tragedy. together with his wife, he laid a single white flower at a huge altar set up in central seoul for the 154 people who died in the crush in a narrow alley. there's growing anger in the city that police failed to control crowds that had built up in the popular itaewon district. the government has promised a thorough investigation. our correspondent, jean mackenzie, has the very latest from seoul. after an agonising wait, the victims have been identified, and we know now that significantly more women died than men. most of them were young, some of them were teenagers, but mainly they were in their 20s and 30s. and today their bodies are being moved from hospitals into funeral homes. and it's here that their families
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will now be able to gather for the next three days to mourn. but here in the centre of seoul, a national mourning altar has been set up so that members of the public have somewhere that they can come and grieve. and people have been queueing on their lunch break here to leave a single white chrysanthemum, which is the mourning flower here in south korea, because people in this city and in this country are devastated, and they want to understand now who is responsible for the fact that so many young people needlessly lost their lives on saturday night, and who should be held accountable. they want to know why more police weren't sent to control such an enormous crowd. south korea's interior minister has said that this wouldn't have made a difference — more police wouldn't have prevented saturday night's tragedy — but many people here disagree and it is hoped that the official investigation that is now under way here will provide that crucial answer.
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it's a month since the government began paying energy support payments, but some of the most vulnerable people still aren't getting the help they need. bbc breakfast�*s nina warhurst has all the details. the government pledged to give every household in england, scotland and wales £400 towards their gas and electricity costs over the next six come —— six months. northern ireland also has a similar scheme. payment started this month. i know you should have received yourfirst monthly instalment of £66. this money should have either been credited to your account or paid directly to your bank, that depends on your supplier. they should have happened by not automatically. if you are one of the 4.5 million on a prepayment metre, you should have been sent a voucher through the post orfor been sent a voucher through the post or for you to redeem at a shop or been sent a voucher through the post orfor you to redeem at a shop or a post office, but we have seen
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figures that suggest many households are missing out on the cash that they are owed. are missing out on the cash that they are owed-— are missing out on the cash that they are owed. are missing out on the cash that the are owed. ~ . ., , ., they are owed. what we found is that about 800.000 — they are owed. what we found is that about 800,000 vouchers _ they are owed. what we found is that about 800,000 vouchers have - they are owed. what we found is that about 800,000 vouchers have been | about 800,000 vouchers have been issued to customers across the uk for nine suppliers and roughlyjust over half of those have been redeemed by customers so far. that represents about £27 million worth of vital support that is in the hands of customers that really needs it, but obviously that means there is quite a lot of customers who have not retained it so far. if they haven't received a voucher, please contact your supplier. there are some really good information and advice with organisations like citizens advice and most importantly keep an eye on that expiry date and make sure you rename it to make sure you will get that vital support this winter. ., , you will get that vital support this winter. . , ., , you will get that vital support this winter. . , ., winter. that is really important oint. winter. that is really important point- the _ winter. that is really important point. the vouchers _ winter. that is really important point. the vouchers are - winter. that is really important point. the vouchers are only i winter. that is really important i point. the vouchers are only valid for 90 days so please do check your post and make sure you claim and plenty of time. this report is only
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set to last for six months and that coincides with the ends of the government cosmic energy price guarantee. that sets the typical annual household bill at £2500. if you use more energy, you will pay more. bills were set to soar to more than £3500 this winter without that support and the theories it will increase massively once that ends. what happens from april? at the moment we have very few details. the new chancellor has singled support that will be targeted at those most in need. the government are set to outline its new tax and spending plans in the autumn statement on the 17th of november. police in western india have detained nine people in connection with the collapse of a pedestrian bridge that killed at least a hundred—and—forty people. a private company had spent seven months renovating the suspension bridge in morbi city in gujarat state before reopening
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it last wednesday. at least 141 people have died following the collapse of a footbridge in western india, according to local police. hundreds were thought to have been on the bridge in morbi in gujarat when it went down, plunging them into a river. the bridge was only reopened last week after extensive renovations. the bbc�*s roxy gagdekar was near the bridge collapse site. towards my left is the site of the tragedy. the rescue operation is still going on right now over here and there are as many as 15 boats in this river called machchu. we are in the morbi area of gujarat. and as you can see, the bridge, the suspension bridge over here, it collapsed last evening and the rescue operation was continued throughout the night last night. i reached here before the sunrise and i saw that the rescuers were here, were facing problems to pull out the bodies which were there in the river. as many as 141 bodies have so far been fished out and taken to the civil hospital.
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all 141 people had died and around 160 people has been rescued in this entire operation. you can still see that these are the cables through which this bridge was actually constructed. and this cable, this goes back to the bridge which actually collapsed last evening and resulted into this tragedy. it's just over a week to go until the us midterm elections, and all eyes are on pennsylvania as control of the us senate could come down to which party wins here. there's a governors race in pennsylvania and competitive congressional elections too. presidentjoe biden was born in scranton, pennsylvania and won the state back from donald trump in 2020. the bbc�*s
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laura trevelyan has been taking the political temperature in mr biden's birthplace. scranton, pennsylvania, where the geography ofjoe biden's hometown reflects the political divisions of the nation. scranton is a democratic city in a county which donald trump won. joe biden was victorious here in 2020, and with just over a week to go until the midterm elections, pennsylvania is once again a pivotal state where democrats and republicans are chasing the swing voters. people werejust like, i need to go pick up another job to make more money. it sucks that people need to do that. james bogdanor, the head chef of scranton's ale house, sees how his staff are struggling with high prices. he's one of the few voters in this polarised nation who doesn't always support the same party. he voted for donald trump in 2016 and joe biden in 2020, and now he's on the fence. i don't really know where the, where the future of america is headed.
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to be honest with you, it's it's so split down the middle. it's either you'rejust extremely hard on one side or extremely hard on the other, i feel like. and there's not much middle ground. james is busy in the kitchen these days as it's the final of the baseball world series and fans of scranton's favourite team, the philadelphia phillies, are coming here to watch. as he thinks about how to vote, though, the cost of living is on his mind. i don't know many people that can afford to pay four or $5 a gallon for gas just to get to work and make 7.25 an hour or some people, which is crazy when 2022 that people are only making that much money. so which way you lean it i'm leaning more towards. it's, it's tough. college football is a saturday afternoon ritual in scranton, and supporters of the lackawanna falcons are out in force. mothers are watching their sons play. in pennsylvania, abortion rights are a contentious issue in the midterm elections, as democrats claim that republican candidates
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want to restrict or even outlaw abortion in the state. i am very concerned about women's rights right now women's health, women's opportunity to choose. what would you like to see happen in this state on abortion? to be honest, i'd like to see the the right. to have the choice. this is hometown america here. robin medeiros is a local republican party official. her message to women concerned about abortion rights is they won't disappear in pennsylvania if the state goes red. it's not going to be completely illegal in any state. i don't think they can go that far. so i would say relax on that issue. you're ok. this isjoe biden's childhood home. he's used his scranton roots to appeal to the blue collar voters who deserted democrats for donald trump and despite his low national approval ratings, pennsylvania is one state wherejoe biden is campaigning hard in the midterm elections.
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but if he wants a second term as president, even here, he's facing headwinds. back at the football game, scranton's most famous son is being blamed for the high gas and grocery prices. i think he's doing an awfuljob. he forgot about the american people. he forgot about us. he worried about ukraine. can't afford a lot of bills. got to back up on a lot of- the hobbies, things like that. can't afford rent. yeah. can't afford your day—to—day bills because of inflation all over the world. it's crazy and it's tough. the scranton's president awaits the voters' verdict. once again, pennsylvania is the ultimate battleground state. what happens here will show the world where america's centre of political gravity lies. laura trevelyan, bbc news, scranton.
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some breaking news that revolves around the home secretary, suella braverman. she has been under pressure to explain an e—mail that was sent from her personal account on the day that she resigned as home secretary. it was a security breach and she was asked to explain why this e—mail was sent from a personal e—mail account to someone to him it was not supposed to be sent to you. it culminated in the home secretary resigning. of course, she was later reappointed by the new prime minister, rishi sunak. this is a letter that she has written to the chair of the home affairs select committee. i want to reduce some of
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its. each at this point i will go past the context that is explained by the home secretary and lead you straight
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to events of the night. this timeline is very much what the chronology, her own chronology, is what the home secretary wanted to put forward. she starts with, i would like to explain the nature of my workload on the morning of the 19th of october to help the committee understand why i took the action i did at specific times. my programme of the morning involve me leaving home at 4am to join an operational rate undertaken by the national crime agency from 5:40am to 6:40am. after the raid, national crime agency from 5:40am to 6:40am. afterthe raid, i national crime agency from 5:40am to 6:40am. after the raid, i travelled to the home office, a two hour car journey. during this carjourney i work on my that had reprinted the night before and, in particular, considered the draft wms on migration. i did not have my departmental phone and therefore departmental phone and therefore departmental e—mail only at the time, only have a personal phone e—mail to hand. the prime minister put my private office had sent
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further minor edits to to draft the night before which had arrived too late to be rented by officials. i therefore asked my special adviser to sammy the latest version of the draft wms. at 7:25am, while in the car returning from the visit and is part of the parliamentary engagement set out above, using a personal e—mail account on my personal phone to e—mail the draft to sirjohn hayes, former security minister, privy councillor and member of the intelligence and security committee, with the message, from a dearjohn, what do you think, i will need to take if you this morning by 10am? i interested to sirjohn's parliamentary e—mail and intended to copy a secondary�*s parliamentary e—mail address. copy a secondary�*s parliamentary e—mailaddress. however, iam copy a secondary�*s parliamentary e—mail address. however, i am sure the incorrect e—mail address for his secretary unintentionally and unknowingly. it did not receive a reply from sirjohn and did not look at my phone until some time later. i arrived at the home office just
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before 9am and went straight into back—to—back meetings. these included a critical operational meeting about manston. at some point before or around 10am and in between meetings i check my personal e—mails and sort it out received an e—mail reply to my message, not from sir john parliamentary employee sang, this has been sent to me in error. i did not recognise who had sent this message but noticed it was from a parliamentary e—mail address with a similar name to sirjohn's secretary. i will have more on what's this mean for the home secretary imminently. let's move over to the weather. hello, again.
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it's been very mild of late, but as we go through this week temperatures will return closer to where they should be at this stage in november. there was a lot of dry weather today, a bit of sunshine, just a few showers, but we've got this rain coming in from the west which will be heaviest across northern ireland. it will clear the outer hebrides, but it's going to be windy in the west, especially the north—west. by the end of the afternoon we will have showers coming up from the south. if you are going out trick—or—treating or guising tonight, take your brolly. it is going to be wet and the wind will be strengthening across the english channel. temperature—wise, still in the mild side for the time of year. nine to about 13 degrees being our overnight lows. as we head through tomorrow, all this rain will quite quickly move north—eastwards and push away.
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this is bbc news. the headlines. home secretary suella braverman has written a letter giving more details about her breach of the ministerial code. bbc news has obtained pictures of the conditions inside the manston migrant processing centre. in the first image, children can be seen playing on a tennis court encircled by the metal barriers, with many facility workers wearing high—vis jackets watching on. the fact of the matter is, it is overwhelmed, and it is wholly unacceptable. we need a range of things to know from the home secretary, including knowing what action is being taken to deal with the illegal overcrowding. clearly there is more to do but we are making progress. but we've got to stop these
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people being exploited. ukraine says 12 cargo ships carrying grain have left the country under a deal brokered by the un. a victorious comeback — brazil's former president lula da silva beats his far—right opponent jair bolsanaro to win his old job back. and with just over a week to go until the us midterm elections, we'll be live from president biden's birth place in scranton, pennsylvania throughout the day. suella braverman has given further details of the breach of the ministerial code which triggered her resignation as home secretary under liz truss. in a letter to the commons home affairs select committee's chairwoman dame diana johnson, ms braverman apologised for the breach.
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she said she had apologised to rishi sunak when she was reappointed as home secretary when he entered no 10 and publicly repeated that apology. the letter we have on the desk comes as labour demand the home secretary address mps about worsening conditions at a migrant processing centre in kent. many migrants that arrive in small boats are processed at the port of dover. but some are moved to a holding facility further north in manston where there is overcrowding, and there has been reports of a diptheria outbreak. let's take a look at what's been happening in more detail. over the weekend there was a petrol bomb attack at a home office migrant centre in dover. hundreds of people were then taken to a migrant processing centre in manston. last week, the independent border
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inspector, david neal, told mps he had been left speechless by the "really dangerous" situation at manston. the government said it was controlling immigration and deterring traffickers and that health and safety was the priority at manston. bbc news has obtained pictures of the conditions inside the manston migrant processing centre. in the first image, children can be seen playing on a tennis court encircled by metal barriers with some facility workers wearing high—vis jackets watching on. the second image shows a man holding the hand of a young girl. they appear to be waiting in some kind of holding area. yesterday, the new immigration minister robertjenrick visited the manston immigration centre. he travelled there with sir roger gale — conservative mp for thanet north — he's been speaking to the today programme about how he felt with what he saw. hugely depressed, because when i last visited injuly it was a good facility being very well run with people moving through as they were intended to.
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that's how the facility was set up. what i saw yesterday and indeed previously on thursday, was a deterioration actually between thursday and yesterday. the staff, the home office staff, the civilian staff and medical staff are doing a fantasticjob under very difficult circumstances but the fact of the matter is, it is overwhelmed and it is wholly unacceptable. i'm joined now by our political correspondent helen catt i want to talk to about this letter from the home secretary, written regarding the events of the 19th of october, so give us a synopsis of what he is saying. tt’s october, so give us a synopsis of what he is saying.— what he is saying. it's a long letter that — what he is saying. it's a long letter that runs _ what he is saying. it's a long letter that runs to _ what he is saying. it's a long letter that runs to several i what he is saying. it's a long i letter that runs to several pages and gives a lot of detail about the 19th of october. suella braverman's movements, because the questions being asked are around how quickly she alerted people when she realise she alerted people when she realise she had made a breach of the ministerial code by sending a written ministerial statement that
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had not been fully signed off to another mp in parliament and copying in the wrong person. she sets out quite a lot of information about her day and says she was sent it on her personal e—mail because she was travelling back from a national crime agency raid early in the morning to the home office and did not have her work phone so it was sent to her personal phone and she has sent it on. she then talks about a number of meeting she had in the morning and suggest she had only done this in the morning when she sent an e—mail that laura kuenssberg saw on her show yesterday asking the person who had received in error to delete it. and she then said she had beenin delete it. and she then said she had been in more meetings and bumped into the chief whip and another mp who staff member had been copied into the e—mail by mistake at about 1150. and the chief whip had been in touch before and then she says she would skip attending prime ministers
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question time to take action but says that the first minute the private office or cabinet secretary office had been informed was by her staff. she does admit she shouldn't have done it, as she has done before and says there was not any market sensitive or secret information in the government document. she also talks about there being a review of her e—mail usage and there were six other occasions where she had been sent government documents on her personal phone. and she said the reason for that was because she was using her government phone to do virtual meetings and wanted to read the documents on a different screen and said the cabinet secretary had accepted her explanation of that. so quite a detailed explanation from suella braverman and we are looking at their chronology. t suella braverman and we are looking at their chronology.— at their chronology. i appreciate ou've at their chronology. i appreciate you've just _ at their chronology. i appreciate you've just received _ at their chronology. i appreciate you've just received the - at their chronology. i appreciate you've just received the letter. i at their chronology. i appreciate i you've just received the letter. but having read through it, it does feel like she is explaining almost,
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trying to make excuses for what happened but the difficulty for many is that she did resign because of what happened here, so explaining it away, will that wash with her critics? ~ , ., , ., critics? when people look at the time line more _ critics? when people look at the time line more closely _ critics? when people look at the time line more closely they - critics? when people look at the time line more closely they willl time line more closely they will know whether it's been accepted by her critics and she does say and repeats the apology and says she admits that she breached the code and whether the timeline a reason she gives or was sent to her personal e—mail, what people make of those, we have to wait and see. lets move on and — those, we have to wait and see. lets move on and talk— those, we have to wait and see. lets move on and talk about what is happening at manston. there has been a lot of political reaction about the latest on what is happening in those processing centres in dover. yes, these are processing centres near ramsgate and margate, the manston airfield and as you've been hearing, there's been a lot of
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issues around overcrowding there and that the centre has been more than doubled capacity and a number of people arriving means that it has led to conditions that people are criticising but the key thing, politically is, once again, coming back to suella braverman, there's been a suggestion by the local conservative mp that covers the manston area, sir roger gale who went there yesterday to look at the situation with the immigration minister, he has claimed that suella braverman as home secretary had refused to sign off on more hotel bookings which was contributing, if not causing entirely the backlog they were seeing at manston and keeping people in the conditions they are, the overcrowding happening there, so more pressure on suella braverman and questions asked if she did indeed do that.— did indeed do that. helen, thank you very much- — daniel sandford has been
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in dover this morning, he told me more about what concerns there are. yes, i mean, the concern is that there was a decision made when suella braverman was first home secretary. viewers may remember that she was appointed home secretary by liz truss, then resigned and has been reappointed by rishi sunak. when she was first home secretary there was a reluctance to block book any more hotels for people who had crossed the channel in small boats. that didn't deal with the reality of the situation which was that large numbers of people were still crossing the channel. so what has happened is in the last few weeks a large number of people have filled up at manston airport, where they have done the processing, where they are supposed to be for 24 hours while they are processing, but there is nowhere to go on to because people normally after manston would go on either to a hotel or an immigration detention centre if there was concerns they might then abscond. the vast majority of people go into hotels but there are no hotel
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rooms booked so there is nowhere for them to go. there is some talk now of trying to book rooms in hotels where there are guests staying, but obviously that would be a big change in policy and could in itself be controversial. they are now in a sort of crisis moment and robertjenrick, the immigration minister, as roger gale was saying, did visit manston yesterday. we believe he might still be in kent. some quick decisions will have to be made to stop the manston processing centre becoming even more overwhelmed than it already is. i have been here this morning. we haven't seen people crossing in small boats today, although the weather is good, so that may at least give them some temporary relief, but if the weather stays like this
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boats this year. months of the year to go. despite the much colder conditions. this is not a problem that is likely to go away. it is very, very unlikely that anyone will be able to turn off the numbers of people leaving the beaches of france for dover. let me first reaction heard let me first react manston heard let me first react manston today? heard let me first react manston toda ? ~ m let me first react manston toda ? ~ ., at
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heart of this to be at not at omega... . not the at �*m" . not the bookiiwga"a"',*'* . hotels 77 77 5 hotels to 77 77 5 hotels to ease 77 hotels to ease pressure 5 hotels to ease pressure that, j that's to ease pressure that, j that's completely ssure that, that's completely unacceptable and that's completely unacceptable and that's completely unacceptable and leaving people in horrendous conditions and making things ten times worse. conditions and making things ten times worse-— times worse. is? times worse. - is? i i times worse.- - is? | think times worse. honest�* i think times worse. honest�* i th there times worse. ho: and i th there bullet and unfortunately we have had home secretary going for successive home secretary going for headline grabbing measures rather than looking at evidence led policies that can make a difference so instead of spending hundred and £20 million on trying to send folk to rimando, a policy that has achieved nothing and will achieve nothing and cost a fortune —— real wonder. you could have hired 4000 caseworkers to ease the backlog in the asylum system and do more in terms of close work with france, but on top of that we need to look at safe, legal roots. when we left the european union we lost our
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membership of the dublin convention which means folk who have an obvious reason to have their asylum claim heard in the uk do not have that option and they have to resort to these journeys to get here and it means that if folk have claimed in other countries and cross the channel it is more difficult to remove them back to european countries, so that's three very simple steps that could alleviate the situation and i could go on for another five minutes, the situation and i could go on for anotherfive minutes, but what the situation and i could go on for another five minutes, but what we need our home secretaries that stop trying to run leadership campaigns, grab headlines and actually taken official advice and act on it. stuart mcdonald, snp spokesperson on immigration, thank you very much for joining us. you can get more on that on our website and there is plenty more there, especially on the breaking news, that letterfrom there, especially on the breaking news, that letter from the there, especially on the breaking news, that letterfrom the home secretary explaining her actions on the 19th of october. all eyes i am
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sure will be on dissecting exactly what her chronology is and how it differs from what has been said elsewhere. more on bbc news. early i spoke about the immigration system to an expert at university couege system to an expert at university college london. we system to an expert at university college london.— system to an expert at university college london. we have problems that haven't _ college london. we have problems that haven't been _ college london. we have problems that haven't been addressed - college london. we have problems that haven't been addressed and i college london. we have problems i that haven't been addressed and have given rise effectively to system failure, right the way across the asylum system but also in terms of how migration should be managed, so we have an urgent humanitarian problem that must be addressed and alongside that we have administrative problems that have been created and again must be addressed. and then there are broader security questions and responses that are required. you say the must responses that are required. you say they must be — responses that are required. you say
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they must be addressed, _ responses that are required. you say they must be addressed, but - responses that are required. you say they must be addressed, but how. responses that are required. you say i they must be addressed, but how must they must be addressed, but how must they be addressed? in they must be addressed, but how must they be addressed?— they be addressed? in the first instance we — they be addressed? in the first instance we have _ they be addressed? in the first instance we have the _ they be addressed? in the first instance we have the situation | they be addressed? in the first i instance we have the situation that clearly must be addressed by moving people to places where they can remain safely and under humane conditions. the fact that diphtheria is present in these asylum processing centres is a real cause for concern. it's a highly contagious disease which used to kill people in their thousands, and the fact it's now presenting itself here in the uk should raise alarm bells. that is something else which needs to be addressed immediately, and once those issues are addressed we can start to look at broader questions around how one gets to grips with the problems of small boat arrivals and asylum processing more generally. well earlier we spoke to the former chief immigration officer kevin saunders about the situation.
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we've just got too many people coming across that we can deal with. the manston facility is just totally and absolutely overcrowded to breaking point. i understand about manston that the military are going to look at expanding the size of the facility this week, so that may well be of some help. the headlines on bbc news: home secretary suella braverman has written a letter giving more details about her breach of the ministerial code. bbc news has obtained pictures of the conditions inside the manston migrant processing centre. in the first image, children can be seen playing on a tennis court encircled by the metal barriers, with many facility workers wearing high—vis jackets watching on. ukraine says 12 cargo ships carrying grain have left the country under a deal brokered by the un.
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sport and a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. australia have survived a late rally by ireland's lorcan tucker to win by 42 runs in the t20 world cup and move up to second in group 1. australian captain aaron finch reached 68 as he helped australia to 179, leaving the irish needing their best ever run chase if they were to come away with a win, but they were reduced to 25—4 early in their innings with mitchell starc findng two wickets in his first over. tucker did his best to bring ireland back into the game with an unbeaten 71 from 48 balls, but it wasn't enough as ireland were all out for 137. we knew it was an amazing opportunity, and a great atmosphere, and an amazing crowd and one we really enjoyed. it kind of does feel
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like a missed opportunity because the wicket was pretty good and there were two or three dismissals, including myself up top, that could have maybe not happened, but that's the game and you can't dwell too much on it. india's virat kohli says he's been the victim of an "absolute invasion of privacy" in perth. it's after intruders entered his hotel room and posted video of his clothes and belongings on social media. a contractor has now been stood down by the hotel. the icc says it's incredibly disappointed. an investigation is ongoing. marcus rashford's red—hot form at the moment for manchester united could see him secure his spot in gareth southgate's world cup squad 15 months after last playing for england. rashford scored in united's win over west ham yesterday, leaving them a point off the top four. it's now eight matches unbeaten for erik ten hag's side after beating the hammers 1—0. rashford playing a key part with the only goal of the game, his seventh of the season and 100th for the club. and he is clearly feeling in
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a better place on and off the pitch. the arsenal forward bukayo saka could face a race to be fit in time for the world cup after going off injured in arsenal's victory yesterday. he set up the first goal for gabriel martinelli in their 5—0 victory over nottingham forest, but then came the injury, after being tackled, and he was substituted. manager mikel arteta remains optimistic he won't be out too long. celtic restored their four point gap at the top of the table. greg taylor with their second in a 3—0 win over livingston. there was another defeat for bottom club ross county — as they lost at home to hearts. that's all the sport for now. gavin, thank you, as always. ukraine says 12 cargo ships carrying key grain exports have left its ports under the black sea grain initiative. russia pulled out of the un—brokered deal on saturday after an attack
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on its black sea fleet, and it's not known how its forces will respond to the resumption of the shipments. meanwhile, russia has launched a new wave of strikes against critical infrastructure in ukraine. kyiv said more than 50 cruise missiles had been fired, but many had been shot down. several ukrainian regions, including kyiv, kharkiv and zaporitzhzhia, have reported damage to infrastructure and power cuts. earlier, i spoke to the bbc�*s hugo bachega from the ukrainian capital, kyiv. we have been given the all clear from the authorities so we are back in our usual position in kyiv. we know that critical infrastructure has been hit here in the capital. there are reports of power cuts across the city. also, water outages across the capital this morning. there have been attacks reported in the city of kharkiv, the country's second largest city in the north—east of the country. the mayorjust moments ago described the situation as quite
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complicated in the city. in zaporizhzhia in the south, again critical infrastructure was hit and again power cuts have been reported in the city of zaporizhzhia. we had a reaction from the country's foreign minister, dmytro kuleba, who said that instead of fighting on the battlefields, russia fights civilians. it seems to be part of the strategy here. russia has been attacking civilian infrastructure across the country for weeks ahead of winter so there is a lot of concern here that because of these attacks the system is not going to be able to cope. this is a country where temperatures can drop to —15, —20 celsius. president zelensky has said a third of the country's electricity infrastructure has been damaged and last week we heard a dramatic plea from one of the country's deputy prime ministers telling ukrainians who have fled the country to stay where they are to help ease the pressure on the system
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and to return only after winter. so there is a lot of concern that these attacks are going to continue and again the ukrainians are saying that this is how the russians are reacting, responding to setbacks on the battlefield, by attacking civilian sites and civilian infrastructure in cities across the country including places away from the front lines. pressure is mounting on home secretary suella braverman over the conditions at migrant processing centres in kent. joining me a sir roger gale, the conservative mp for thanet north. both he and the new immigration minister robertjenrick visited the immigration centre on sunday. what did you see? t visited the immigration centre on sunday. what did you see? i visited first on thursday _ sunday. what did you see? i visited first on thursday when _ sunday. what did you see? i visited first on thursday when there - sunday. what did you see? i visited first on thursday when there were i first on thursday when there were 2500 people there and the facility was overcrowded but running well. the staff are very dedicated. medical staff are doing a superb
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job. catering is doing a job but it was all right. by sunday when the minister and state and i went yesterday afternoon, it was becoming overwhelmed because some people are being shipped from dover as part of the fire and the facility designed to take comfortably 1500 people and to take comfortably 1500 people and to move them on in 24 hours has turned into a refugee camp housing 4000 people, and it is simply not fit for that purpose.— 4000 people, and it is simply not fit for that purpose. what needs to be done? my _ fit for that purpose. what needs to be done? my understanding - fit for that purpose. what needs to be done? my understanding is i fit for that purpose. what needs to be done? my understanding is that fit for that purpose. what needs to i be done? my understanding is that as a olities be done? my understanding is that as a polities decision _ be done? my understanding is that as a polities decision five _ be done? my understanding is that as a polities decision five or _ be done? my understanding is that as a polities decision five or six - a polities decision five or six weeks ago the home secretary took a decision to not commission any more hotel accommodation and my understanding is that robertjenrick commissioned some 600 beds before yesterday and is going to commission more. we have to remove people from
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manston to more permanent accommodation same manston can get back to doing the joint should be doing which is to take the pressure of the port of dover, process migrants, take their fingerprints, take their biometrics, their details, check them for terrorist records and other criminal records and then move them on in 24 or 48 hours maximum. that was working very well from january until four or five weeks ago, and suddenly there's been a car crash. you weeks ago, and suddenly there's been a car crash. ., ., _ ., a car crash. you are saying the home office has deliberately _ a car crash. you are saying the home office has deliberately ignored - office has deliberately ignored advice to bookmark hotels and move people elsewhere? t advice to bookmark hotels and move people elsewhere?— advice to bookmark hotels and move people elsewhere? i don't know what advice was offered _ people elsewhere? i don't know what advice was offered to _ people elsewhere? i don't know what advice was offered to the _ people elsewhere? i don't know what advice was offered to the home - advice was offered to the home office but it seems a perverse decision to say that we have people we need to move through but we are not providing the space to put them into. there is a much bigger picture problem which is the whole illegal migrant trafficking issue. the
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cross—channel traffic which is highly dangerous. i saw women and toddlers yesterday, a child younger than my youngest granddaughter who is across the channel on an open boat and that is not decent in any way shape orform. boat and that is not decent in any way shape or form. it's not acceptable. that is an issue that must be resolved and will be resolved, i believe by the sort of approach being taken by the prime minister with president macron to strike a deal to work out a way forward so we can get the situation under control, but it also has to be done on a pan—european basis because this is notjust a british and french problem, this is a european problem and a national problem and it has to be treated as such and resolved in that way. dog whistle politics will not solve the problem. we had the home office coming out in the last few minutes saying that any claims that the device was
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completely ignored are baseless. it says we are looking at all available options to make decisions on the latest operational and legal advice. what is your reaction to that statement? t what is your reaction to that statement?— what is your reaction to that statement? ~ ., ., ., . statement? i don't know what advice was aiven, statement? i don't know what advice was given. so _ statement? i don't know what advice was given. so i'm — statement? i don't know what advice was given, so i'm not _ statement? i don't know what advice was given, so i'm not in _ statement? i don't know what advice was given, so i'm not in a _ statement? i don't know what advice was given, so i'm not in a position i was given, so i'm not in a position to say whether advice was ignored. but what i am saying is on good authority from the information i've been given is that a policy decision was taken at the top, in the home office, to not commission more hotel space. t office, to not commission more hotel sace. ., office, to not commission more hotel sace. . ., office, to not commission more hotel sace. ., ., ., i, office, to not commission more hotel sace. . ., ., ., ., space. i want to ask you one more auestion space. i want to ask you one more question about — space. i want to ask you one more question about the _ space. i want to ask you one more question about the home - space. i want to ask you one more i question about the home secretary. in the last few minutes we have had a letter published from the home secretary regarding what happened on the 19th of october. the chronology of events according to the home secretary. do you think her explanation is enough to silence her
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critics? ~ , ., �* , ., critics? well, you've seen it and i haven't, critics? well, you've seen it and i haven't. so _ critics? well, you've seen it and i haven't. so i'm — critics? well, you've seen it and i haven't, so i'm not _ critics? well, you've seen it and i haven't, so i'm not in _ critics? well, you've seen it and i haven't, so i'm not in a _ critics? well, you've seen it and i haven't, so i'm not in a position i critics? well, you've seen it and i i haven't, so i'm not in a position to comment and i'm not here to sit in judgment on whether or not the home secretary should be doing the job she is doing. i am simply saying a bad decision was taken in respect of asylum policy and the purchase of accommodation. that has caused a crisis where there was no crisis. the system at manston was operating perfectly efficiently from january of this year right the way through until about five weeks ago and suddenly, as a result of political intervention that situation appears to have changed, or has changed. i want that reversed. robertjenrick, i believe, having seen the situation for himself has gone away to find more accommodation so we can get the flow going again and allow manston processing facility to do the job it was doing very well and can do very well again. that is my priority. sir
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roger we have seen still images shown to the bbc from inside manston and they don't really give a good enough idea, i don't think of what life is like and this is a facility thatis life is like and this is a facility that is meant to house only 1600 people and to keep them for 48 hours, i believe. describe the conditions as you saw them yesterday. conditions as you saw them yesterday-— conditions as you saw them yesterday. conditions as you saw them esterda . ., , ., yesterday. people are living under cram ed yesterday. people are living under cramped conditions. _ yesterday. people are living under cramped conditions. those - yesterday. people are living under. cramped conditions. those conditions for 48 or 24 hours i believe were adequate. people are sleeping on a roll mats on the floor but they are sleeping on proper romance, notjust sleeping on proper romance, notjust sleeping on proper romance, notjust sleeping on bare boards. they have blankets. they have a clean, fresh, dry clothing provided to them when they arrive at dover. they are well fed and well watered. they are being looked after by people who are compassionate and caring. they have a job to do, of course, in terms of processing information but nevertheless they are doing it courteously and the medical facilities and the catering facilities and the catering facilities are excellent. so, from
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all of those points of view i have no problem with the humanitarian issue. where there is a problem is by putting too many people in and not moving them through, you are denying those who need to clean the facility the opportunity to do so, so inevitably, over a period of time, the sanitation and health is going to suffer, and that is a problem but we have had some very wild rumours about what is happening inside manston which are frankly hogwash. inside manston which are frankly hoawash. ~ ., ., inside manston which are frankly hoawash. ~ . ., ., , hogwash. what are the rumours you are talkin: hogwash. what are the rumours you are talking about? _ hogwash. what are the rumours you are talking about? i _ hogwash. what are the rumours you are talking about? i think _ are talking about? i think particularly _ are talking about? i think particularly the _ are talking about? i think particularly the outbreak| are talking about? i think i particularly the outbreak of diphtheria. there were four people who came into manston carrying diphtheria from overseas, they were diagnosed very quickly, three of them are isolated and treated with antibiotics and are now recovered. the fourth went to hospital because that person's condition was slightly more extreme. but there was no outbreak, as has been described, within the camp, and there is no question that suddenly diphtheria is
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sweeping through the population at manston. it simply untrue. sir roger gale, i appreciate _ manston. it simply untrue. sir roger gale, i appreciate you _ manston. it simply untrue. sir roger gale, i appreciate you taking - manston. it simply untrue. sir roger gale, i appreciate you taking the i gale, i appreciate you taking the time to talk to us today. let's move on. in one of the most stunning political comebacks, luiz inacio lula da silva has been voted in as brazil's next president. it was a tight race. the former leftist leader, who served 18 months in prison for corruption charges, later annulled, took nearly 51% of the vote and far—right incumbent jair bolsonaro won 49%. mr bolsonaro becomes the first sitting president in brazil ever to lose re—election. world leaders have congratulated lula on his victory. prime minister rishi sunak said he looks forward to working with the new president on the issues that matter most to both countries. presidentjoe biden said lula's win followed free, fair and credible elections, and that he also looked forward to working together. the french president, emmanuel macron, offered his good
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wishes, saying the poll opened "a new page" in brazil's history. joining us now is dr vinicius de carvalho, reader in brazilian and latin american studies at king's college london and an associate researcher at the centre for strategic studies of the brazilian navy. i appreciate your time. what is your reaction to mr lula victory? what changes does brazil need to see moving forward? tt is changes does brazil need to see moving forward?— changes does brazil need to see moving forward? it is the divisive moment for— moving forward? it is the divisive moment for brazil. _ moving forward? it is the divisive moment for brazil. the _ moving forward? it is the divisive moment for brazil. the victory i moving forward? it is the divisive moment for brazil. the victory ofj moment for brazil. the victory of lula was a very marrow —— no overt —— narrow margin indeed. there is a lot of political groups favouring jair bolsonaro still in the country. the first part of the battle lula one, now comes the most complicated
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part of that, to manage to get support in the congress that elected quite a lot ofjair support in the congress that elected quite a lot of jair bolsonaro supporters. also to have a certain coherence with him and the other parties. it is the next stage of this challenge is to compose a government. tt this challenge is to compose a government-— this challenge is to compose a covernment. , , . , government. it is very early days, but what worry — government. it is very early days, but what worry is _ government. it is very early days, but what worry is there _ government. it is very early days, but what worry is there now - government. it is very early days, but what worry is there now that i government. it is very early days, i but what worry is there now that the bolsonaro camp may decide to contest this result, to subvert —— subvert democracy in some way? or are we seeing acceptance from that side? tt is a worry. yesterday some bolsonaro supporters blocked some roads and highways in brazil with drugs. we have seen quite a lot of movement in social media contesting the results of the election. we are also seeing
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the silence of the president that until this moment has not yet acknowledged his defeat and has not said anything about that. it has been silence of more than 12 hours since the result of the election yesterday. what will be the reaction and the reception of the result by part of the population that supports bolsonaro. �* , ., ., part of the population that supports bolsonaro. �*, ., ,, ., bolsonaro. let's talk about the environment _ bolsonaro. let's talk about the environment in _ bolsonaro. let's talk about the environment in particular, - bolsonaro. let's talk about the i environment in particular, climate change, and the attitude of these two men could not differ any more. what changes do we hope to see from president lula in terms of the environment, in terms of indigenous people in the amazon rainforest? tt is important to say that brazil has strong legislation in terms of environmental protection. the instruments are there, the institutions are there. i think lula
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will give support to those institutions and legislations to make sure the rule of law is applied in the amazon. in the bolsonaro years, there was a flexibility on those rules, permitting deforestation to grow quite strongly in the last year's. what we are expecting now is to regain the forces of institutions that protect the environment and support sustainable development for regions like the amazon, that is what we expect. tt like the amazon, that is what we exect. ., , , like the amazon, that is what we exect. , ., like the amazon, that is what we exect. ., ., ,, expect. it has been so good to talk to ou. expect. it has been so good to talk to you- thank— expect. it has been so good to talk to you. thank you _ expect. it has been so good to talk to you. thank you once _ expect. it has been so good to talk to you. thank you once again. i expect. it has been so good to talk. to you. thank you once again. thank ou. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello, again. it's been very mild of late, but as we go through this week temperatures will return closer to where they should be at this stage in november. there was a lot of dry weather today, a bit of sunshine, just a few showers, but we've got this rain coming in from the west which will be heaviest
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across northern ireland. it will clear the outer hebrides, but it's going to be windy in the west, especially the north—west. by the end of the afternoon we will have showers coming up from the south. if you are going out trick—or—treating or guising tonight, take your brolly. it is going to be wet and the wind will be strengthening across the english channel. temperature—wise, still in the mild side for the time of year. nine to about 13 degrees being our overnight lows. as we head through tomorrow, all this rain will quite quickly move north—eastwards and push away. behind it were back into sunshine and showers. most of the showers will be in the west, a few in the south, some of those will be heavy and thundery, and through the day the winds will ease. a top temperatures up to about 15. let's return to our top story. the home secretary, suella braverman, or the immigration minister, robertjenrick, could be summoned to answer mps' questions about worsening conditions at the manston migrant processing centre in kent.
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we have just heard that the home secretary will make a statement to the house of commons this afternoon dealing with manston and those e—mails. the timing is not 100% confirmed yet, but we are thinking that her statement will be at 3:30pm this afternoon. she is under increasing pressure to explain and to answer questions from labour mps, but also from mps within her own side about why things at that processing centre have been allowed to get so bad. also of course on the same day she has published a letter which he has written explaining the chronology of events on the 19th of october over that ministerial breach of code that led to her leaving her job as home secretary, then to be reappointed by the new prime minister, rishi sunak, just ten days orso minister, rishi sunak, just ten days or so later. we are expecting a
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statement from the home secretary at 3:30pm this afternoon. we will be carrying it live here on the bbc news. joining me now is former immigration officer and chair of the think tank migration watch uk, which campaigns to reduce immigration. thank you so much forjoining us on bbc news. what is your reaction to what is happening at manston? firstly, what happened yesterday i think was horrific. it is dreadful that we should have scenes like that. an unhinged person, really, throwing a couple of molotov cocktails, as they were described, i think that is a separate issue and really i'm not sure that we should be discussing it, not that you intended to, and sure. on the other hand, i think we are beginning to lose sight of why we have this
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problem. we are close to reaching 40,000. we have had over 25,000 people crossed the channel over the past four months. that is why we have the problem, not because they are not being placed in hotels or whatever. it is always going to be the problem so long as they arrive in the sort of numbers. that i'm afraid is a fact that we have to accept. afraid is a fact that we have to acce t. ., . ~�* afraid is a fact that we have to accet. ., ., ,, ., . accept. you talk about reducing numbers. _ accept. you talk about reducing numbers. but — accept. you talk about reducing numbers, but surely _ accept. you talk about reducing numbers, but surely people i accept. you talk about reducing | numbers, but surely people who accept. you talk about reducing i numbers, but surely people who want to come to this country are going to try to this country —— come to this country anyway, bait they are desperate to escape war, their country, they are being trafficked. many people argue that there must be safer ways of getting them into the country, of allowing them to apply
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for asylum, and housing them and looking after them while they wait for that decision. you know as well as i do, many asylum seekers who come to this country, the majority of their cases are accepted. flame come to this country, the ma'ority of their cases are accepted. none of those who are _ of their cases are accepted. none of those who are coming _ of their cases are accepted. none of those who are coming across - of their cases are accepted. none of those who are coming across the i those who are coming across the channel we know for sure that... not all of those who are coming across the channel are fleeing persecution. what are the reasons for them coming over from albania, for goodness' sake? 12,000 so far this year. male adults. it isn't simply a case... if we are doing so much for those who are in genuine need, hundreds of thousands have come here as a result of our taking them in because they are seeking refuge, but doing it
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this way, of simply allowing people to come and immediately housing them is simply not the way to do it. everyone in this country i'm sure would take the sensible approach of saying if people want to come here, then they should make their reason is clear and if we can't allow them into the country, if we can take the men, then of course they will be given permission to come here, but to suggest that we need people and therefore we must accept everyone who gets into a dinky and illegally cross at the channel, ijust who gets into a dinky and illegally cross at the channel, i just think thatis cross at the channel, i just think that is madness. cross at the channel, i 'ust think that is madness._ cross at the channel, i 'ust think that is madness. ., ,, , ., , . that is madness. thank you very much for our that is madness. thank you very much for your time. — that is madness. thank you very much for your time, good _ that is madness. thank you very much for your time, good to _ that is madness. thank you very much for your time, good to talk _ that is madness. thank you very much for your time, good to talk to - that is madness. thank you very much for your time, good to talk to you. i it's just over a week to go
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until the us midterm elections, and all eyes are on pennsylvania as control of the us senate could come down to which party wins here. there's a governors race in pennsylvania and competitive congressional elections too. presidentjoe biden was born in scranton, pennsylvania, and won the state back from donald trump in 2020. the bbc�*s laura trevelyan has been taking the political temperature in mr biden's birthplace. lets speak to the bbc�*s laura trevelyan. this is a key battleground states. as goes pennsylvania, so goes the nation. to talk more about this, we arejoined by the nation. to talk more about this, we are joined by the mayor of scranton. thank you for being with us. this phrase about scranton, centre of the political universe, is tossed around the american political lexicon, but why is it suki? brute the american political lexicon, but why is it suki?— why is it suki? we are 'ust100 miles from h why is it suki? we are 'ust100 miles from new i why is it suki? we are 'ust100 miles from new york i why is it suki? we are just 100 miles from new york city, i why is it suki? we are just 100 miles from new york city, 100j why is it suki? we are just 100 i miles from new york city, 100 miles from philadelphia. over there it is
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agricultural land. it is an industrial heart. it is a swing state because of that economic history. voters here really look for authenticity, they do their homework when they vote. it is not something to be taken for granted, democrat or republican. people here talk with their families about who they want representing them, notjust the party. t representing them, not 'ust the .a _ ., , representing them, not 'ust the .a _ ., representing them, not 'ust the party. i was at the football game here on scranton. _ party. i was at the football game here on scranton. i _ party. i was at the football game here on scranton. i talk - party. i was at the football game here on scranton. i talk to i party. i was at the football game | here on scranton. i talk to people and what came up time and time again was the high price of petrol and groceries. was the high price of petrol and aroceries. ~ , ., was the high price of petrol and aroceries. ~ , . ., , ., , groceries. midterms are always top ofthe groceries. midterms are always top of the incumbent _ groceries. midterms are always top of the incumbent president. - groceries. midterms are always top of the incumbent president. but i groceries. midterms are always top| of the incumbent president. but the president and the democrats and congress have done a really good job in getting money into the pockets of americans, lowering health costs, getting child credits across the board. it is about getting that message across. democrats are the
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ones fighting for working families. it is about getting that message across. , ., ~�* , it is about getting that message across. , ., ~ , ,, ,, ., across. there is a key us senate race here _ across. there is a key us senate race here in _ across. there is a key us senate race here in pennsylvania - across. there is a key us senate race here in pennsylvania and i race here in pennsylvania and control of the senate could come down to who comes down to pennsylvania. the candidate, john veteran, is publicly recovering from a stroke. is it wise to have them on the ballot?— a stroke. is it wise to have them on the ballot? ., ., ., ., . the ballot? john veteran and won all 67 counties — the ballot? john veteran and won all 67 counties in _ the ballot? john veteran and won all 67 counties in the _ the ballot? john veteran and won all 67 counties in the primary _ the ballot? john veteran and won all 67 counties in the primary in - the ballot? john veteran and won all 67 counties in the primary in may i 67 counties in the primary in may just after his stroke. he is beloved across the entire states and has been out there every single day campaigning. he has huge rallies across the state every weekend. in contrast, doctor oz has not been campaigning publicly. what he has been recovering from the stroking is getting better every day and is now talking to voters joined them that he is ready. the talking to voters 'oined them that he is ready.— talking to voters 'oined them that he is ready. the race is tightening ever since that _ he is ready. the race is tightening ever since that debate. _ he is ready. the race is tightening ever since that debate. across i ever since that debate. across pennsylvania there are candidates
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running from the republican party who said that the 2020 election was stolen from donald trump. are you finding that election officials are coming under pressure or receiving threats about the integrity of the election? ., . , threats about the integrity of the election? ., ., , ., election? fortunately here we have not seen that _ election? fortunately here we have not seen that happen. _ election? fortunately here we have not seen that happen. down - election? fortunately here we have not seen that happen. down south| not seen that happen. down south from here and across the state there has been a high turnover in election offices, sheriffs have had to be at ballot boxes. elections have become this proxy battle for the different votes and entities to spa, which is really scary. it is also scary is the republican candidate for government has said he would appoint a secretary of state that would diminish the entire voter rolls, start over again, and diminish the entire voter rolls, start overagain, and i diminish the entire voter rolls, start over again, and i don't think that's election to be democratic under him. that's election to be democratic under him-— that's election to be democratic under him. ., ,, . ., under him. thank you so much for bein: under him. thank you so much for being with — under him. thank you so much for being with us- _ under him. thank you so much for
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being with us. that _ under him. thank you so much for being with us. that is _ under him. thank you so much for being with us. that is the - under him. thank you so much for being with us. that is the view i under him. thank you so much for i being with us. that is the view from scranton, pennsylvania, the birthplace of presidentjoe biden, the place that he credits with giving him his working—class roots. will his party be punished in the mid—term elections in a week or will democrats be able to pull off a political miracle and hold on to the very narrow majorities in congress? the nhs is "yet to see a single penny" of the £500 million adult social care discharge fund announced by therese coffey when she was health secretary — that's according to the nhs confederation. the confederation, which represents the health and care system in england, wales and northern ireland, has called on the new health secretary, steve barclay, to make releasing the money an "immediate priority". ministers said the money was to help get medically fit patients out of hospital and ease the burden on the nhs this winter. the department of health and social care has told us local authorities and providers will work together on how best to use that cash.
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earlier i spoke to matthew taylor, who is the chief executive of the nhs confederation. having people trapped in hospital is a huge problem. your health will tend to worsen because you don't get any activity. it is better for you to be at home in the community. it is an expensive place for people to be, as well. the government are aware of this huge problem and it is one of the reasons why ambulances are queueing up outside emergency departments because there are no beds free in hospitals because those patients can't get out of the back of the hospital, as it were. the government announced five weeks ago £500 million to help with this problem — money directed primarily at social care. that was money for the winter. which here we are now five weeks later and we are still waiting for that money and the problem it was supposed to address is still a severe problem. the health and care system is suffering from the consequences of the kind of volatile political
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position we have been in for the last few weeks and the policy inertia. we really need that money out this week and the government has got to tell us how exactly it is going to be spent. dr emma runswick is deputy chair of the british medical association, which represents uk doctors and medical students. what is your reaction to what we have been hearing today? t what is your reaction to what we have been hearing today? i largely atree have been hearing today? i largely a . ree with have been hearing today? i largely agree with matthew _ have been hearing today? i largely agree with matthew taylor. - have been hearing today? i largely agree with matthew taylor. we i have been hearing today? i largely i agree with matthew taylor. we have have been hearing today? i largely - agree with matthew taylor. we have a government by sound bite without any planning orfollow—up, or any plan we are experiencing. these sound bites bundles of cash, even when properly distributed, are not the solution. we have long—term problems and social care and across the health system that need long—term investment and long—term planning if
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we are going to solve the problem is that matthew taylor is describing, with the difficulty of getting people out of hospital and ambulance delays. what is the impact? it is pretty dreadful at the minute. we know that we have people coming to serious harm from ambulance delays in the community. we have recently seen reports across the press of people who are seriously unwell who don't receive attention in time. long periods of waiting in accident and emergency departments. we are now shifting to a continuous flow models in hospitals, spreading the risk across the system, but that risk across the system, but that risk is increasing and patients are coming to harm. that has a serious impact on the staff who are here and more staff wanting to leave. we need large changes. these things are not inevitable and they can be solved, so the government could choose to
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invest properly, particularly in wages for care staff and in their skills development to help attention. skills development to help attention-— skills development to help attention. ., ' . . skills development to help attention. ., ' . ~ ., attention. how difficult will that be, civen attention. how difficult will that be. given how — attention. how difficult will that be, given how much _ attention. how difficult will that be, given how much money - attention. how difficult will that be, given how much money the| be, given how much money the government needs to save over the next few years? we will hear very soonin next few years? we will hear very soon in the autumn statement about spending issues and tax rises. where do you think the nhs will lag in terms of priority for the governments?- terms of priority for the covernments? , ., h, ., terms of priority for the covernments? , ., ., ., governments? the prioritisation of health and social _ governments? the prioritisation of health and social is _ governments? the prioritisation of health and social is about - governments? the prioritisation of health and social is about political| health and social is about political choice and we know that if we have poor health in the system, then we have worse outcomes in the economy, worse outcomes in work. we have negative impacts across society. we think that health and social care board should be a very high priority. we know that it has a good impact for everybody involved as well as just being the moral thing to do, and it helps us maintain our
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health and social care board systems for the future. these problems are not inevitable and the government can make change, theyjust need to plan. it can make change, they 'ust need to ian. , can make change, they 'ust need to ian, , ., ., can make change, they 'ust need to ian, , ., can make change, they 'ust need to ian. , ., ., ~ can make change, they 'ust need to plan. it is good to talk to you, thank you _ plan. it is good to talk to you, thank you for— plan. it is good to talk to you, thank you forjoining - plan. it is good to talk to you, thank you forjoining us. - the south korean president, yoon suk—yeol, has opened a memorial to the victims of saturday's halloween tragedy. together with his wife, he laid a single white flower at a huge altar set up in central seoul for the 154 people who died in the crush in a narrow alley. there's growing anger in the city that police failed to control crowds that had built up in the popular itaewon district. the government has promised a thorough investigation. our correspondentjean mackenzie has the very latest from seoul. after an agonising wait, the victims have been identified, and we know now that significantly more women died than men. most of them were young, some of them were teenagers, but mainly they were in their 20s and 30s. and today their bodies are being moved from hospitals into funeral homes.
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and it's here that their families will now be able to gather for the next three days to mourn. but here in the centre of seoul, a national mourning altar has been set up so that members of the public have somewhere that they can come and grieve. and people have been queueing on their lunch break here to leave a single white chrysanthemum, which is the mourning flower here in south korea, because people in this city and in this country are devastated, and they want to understand now who is responsible for the fact that so many young people needlessly lost their lives on saturday night, and who should be held accountable. they want to know why more police weren't sent to control such an enormous crowd. south korea's interior minister has said that this wouldn't have made a difference — more police wouldn't have prevented saturday night's tragedy — but many people here disagree and it is hoped that the official investigation that is now under way here will provide
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that crucial answer. police in india have launched a criminal investigation after a suspension bridge collapsed, killing ilii people. the pedestrian bridge — in the western state of gujurat — had onlyjust reopened after repair work and reports say it had not yet received a safety certificate. yogita limaye has sent us this update. more than a dozen rafts and some swimmers there are scouring the machhu river. it's unlikely at this point that they will find any survivors — they've been doing this for hours. about an hour ago, a body was pulled out. but we know that people are still missing and that's what they're looking for. here to the right, that's where the suspension footbridge was. you can see the net there. and these cranes have been brought in and they've been working through the night. and i'm just going to show you through the crowds, if i can, this.
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this is essentially... this was the bridge. this is the metal walkway, the metal base of the bridge, and the net that formed the sides of the suspension footbridge. it collapsed on sunday evening, and this morning, the terrifying footage of the moment of when it actually collapsed. cctv footage has emerged. china has launched the final module of its tiangong space station, the latest step in its ambitious space programme. state media said the module, named mengtian or 'dreaming of heavens', was launched from a space launch centre on china's tropical island hainan. it is the third and final major component of the t—shaped tiangong space station and carries cutting—edge science equipment into orbit. more than 200 dogs have participated
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in a charity walk in their own special attire. this is pumpkin at only ten weeks old, just getting used to her wheels. but now look at her. stronger and faster than ever. last year money was being raised so that pumpkin could have an operation. but that wasn't possible. due to extreme trauma. something we wasn't aware of and something we weren't prepared for. so the money raised for her operation has started a charity instead. called pumpkin and friends, with pumpkin being the charity ambassador. oh, yes! right on cue. well—trained! pumpkin has developed this very, very cheeky personality. and this is why her videos go viral, because she is full of personality.
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isn't it? that's enough now! in the 12 months, pumpkin has raised over £50,000. we provide wheelchairs, hydrotherapy, physiotherapy. the animals that we help are called wheelie good friends. 42 of which are dogs. and then we have a little goat that we've helped. the goat is a five—month—old goat called little legs. and he is gorgeous. her charity has earned her the title of hero dog of the year. but for her final big money raiser, the halloween dog walk in lincoln, she faced a dilemma. she has a choice of two costumes. a spooky spider or a cute pumpkin. and here they are. so what do you think she went as? the spooky spider on the left? or pumpkin as a pumpkin on the right? she wouldn't walk with a hat though, as she hates it. well, the spider was top choice. pumpkin was too obvious, wasn't it? and she took the lead with over 200
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dogs in their scary costumes, raising money so other dogs can benefit in the future. simon spark, bbc news, lincoln. i quite like pumpkin pie pumpkin, but there you go. i quite like pumpkin pie pumpkin, but there you go. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello, again. as we go through this week you will notice a change in the temperature as they slip down to closer to the seasonal norm. what we have today is this weather front out towards the west producing some rain. out in the west, as well, the wind will pick up and then later these clutch of fronts come into southern areas. there is a lot of dry weather today, a fair bit of sunshine, at worst brightness. look at the rain moving across scotland and through northern ireland, where it will be quite heavy. brightening up behind it, but by then we will be seeing some showers coming in and across the south coast with temperatures 13 to about 18 degrees. through this evening and overnight, if you are going out guising or trick—or—treating, you can see all this rain moving northwards.
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the rain in the west pushing slowly eastwards through the course of the night and the wind is going to strengthen along southern coastal counties and the channel islands. temperatures ranging from about nine up to iii degrees. as we head on into tomorrow we start off with all this rain. what you will find is, quite smartly, it will push northwards and eastwards, eventually leaving us with the regime of sunny spells and some showers. a lot of the showers will be in the west, but we will see some in the south. those in the west are likely to be heavy and also thundery, with our temperature range of 12 to 15 degrees, so those temperatures slowly coming down. on wednesday, we have a transient ridge of high pressure before this area of low pressure comes in with its fronts, so we start off on a dry, a chillier note, but also some sunshine, before the rain marches in from the west. the wind will pick up through the course of the day, as well. the strongest winds will be in western areas, again especially with exposure. temperatures ten to about 16 degrees. then, as we head from thursday
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into friday, we still very much do have low pressure with us. the weather from taking its rain away from the south—east. then another blustery day. we are looking at sunshine and showers. some of the showers merging to give some longer spells of rain in the north—west. through the day the wind will slowly start to ease. these are our temperatures, ten in the north to 13 in the south, so we are saying goodbye to the high teens and the low—20s that some of us have seen recently. as we move on into friday, again another day of sunshine and just a few showers. rain comes into the west later on friday. that will push eastwards on saturday, leaving us with sunshine and showers.
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pressure is mounting on the home secretary over worsening conditions at a migrant processing centre in kent. conditions at the facility have been described as unacceptable. it's currently housing four times as many migrants as it's meant for. a facility designed to take comfortably 1500 people, and to move them on within 24 hours, has turned into a refugee camp housing 4000 people, and it's simply not fit for that purpose. the home office says record numbers of people arriving on small boats across the channel has put huge pressure on the asylum system. we'll be live in dover and at westminster. also on the programme... king charles sends his condolences to the families of those killed in the halloween crush in seoul.
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