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this is bbc news with the latest headlines. extreme right—wing terrorist ideology was behind the firebombing of a migrant processing centre in dover last sunday, say the police. a �*disturbance�* at a london immigration removalfacility during a power outage — with reports suggesting it was caused by the detainees. disruption on the railways, despite a series of strikes being called off by the unions. thousands of people gathered in seoul to remember the victims of last week's halloween crush — many are demanding the president resign. they're anti—government and they're affiliated with the main opposition party. now, really, it's more of a protest than a vigil. the us climate envoy, john kerry, is calling on richer countries to "step up" to help developing
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nations reduce their dependence on fossil fuels. good afternoon. police say the firebombing of a migrant processing centre in dover last sunday was motivated by an extreme right—wing terrorist ideology. 66—year—old andrew leak from buckinghamshire threw up to three devices at the site. he is believed to have later taken his own life. the government has been facing widespread criticism for its handling of overcrowding at an immigration centre nearby. joining me now is our correspondentjon donnison. we correspondentjon donnison. are hearing more det what we are hearing more details about what happened in dover. what
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we are hearing more details about what happened in dover. what have the olice what happened in dover. what have the police said? _ what happened in dover. what have the police said? this _ what happened in dover. what have the police said? this was _ what happened in dover. what have the police said? this was an - what happened in dover. what have the police said? this was an attackl the police said? this was an attack on a processing centre on the quayside at dover, it is where migrants are first taken when they arrive on small boats. this attack on sunday morning, at least two petrol bombs thrown, to people lightly injured. what police have said today, the senior national coordinator for counterterrorism policing, considering the devon is collected so far, whilst there are strong indications of mental health was likely a factor, he is satisfied the suspect�*s actions were driven by an extremist ideology. this means the threshold of a terrorist incident. ., the threshold of a terrorist incident-— the threshold of a terrorist incident. ., ., , , , . incident. you mentioned the suspect there, incident. you mentioned the suspect there. what — incident. you mentioned the suspect there, what more _ incident. you mentioned the suspect there, what more do _ incident. you mentioned the suspect there, what more do we _ incident. you mentioned the suspect there, what more do we know - incident. you mentioned the suspect there, what more do we know about| there, what more do we know about him? �* ., ~ there, what more do we know about him? �* . ~' ~ ~ there, what more do we know about him? �* w ~ ~ . there, what more do we know about him? �* .~ ~ ~ ., ., him? andrew leak, 66 and from buckinghamshire, _ him? andrew leak, 66 and from buckinghamshire, he _ him? andrew leak, 66 and from buckinghamshire, he is - him? andrew leak, 66 and from buckinghamshire, he is believed him? andrew leak, 66 and from i buckinghamshire, he is believed to have taken his own life shortly after the attack to inquest into his death is expected to open this week. police today saying they have been speaking to a number of witnesses during their investigation,
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collected evidence including digital media devices and they say this evidence suggests extreme right—wing motivation was behind this attack. he did have some apparent anti—muslim sentiments on his facebook page, that has been taken down, but that is something the police are looking into.- down, but that is something the police are looking into. thank you very much- _ william neal is a detention outreach caseworker at thejesuit refugee service — visiting and supporting asylum seekers at harmondsworth. hejoins me now. thank you ever so much forjoining us. first of all, give us a sense of what these centres are like.— give us a sense of what these centres are like. essentially, what we have our— centres are like. essentially, what we have our large _ centres are like. essentially, what we have our large institutions - we have our large institutions holding quite a large number of men, at harmondsworth it is over 600 men. it is easily described as prisonlike, the kind of image these centres are. the
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prisonlike, the kind of image these centres are-— centres are. the mood in those centres, what _ centres are. the mood in those centres, what is _ centres are. the mood in those centres, what is that _ centres are. the mood in those centres, what is that like? - centres are. the mood in those centres, what is that like? it i centres are. the mood in those l centres, what is that like? it can fairly very _ centres, what is that like? it can fairly very greatly. _ centres, what is that like? it can fairly very greatly. following - centres, what is that like? it can fairly very greatly. following the j fairly very greatly. following the protest last night, the move probably today is one where there is a lot of fear, anxiety. but in my experience an overwhelming feeling of one of stress. you are holding individuals who don't really have a sense of control over their own future, they are at the hands of the government, of the home office. they have no real way of taking any of that control back. it is a great deal of stress. when there are 600 people who are under those stressful conditions, that gathers and there are times when things do rise up and that stress increases especially when there are greater pressures on the system. there definitely is likely a knock—on effect from the things we have seen in manston and
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these things don't happen in a bubble. that tense, stress across the detention estate will be felt in the detention estate will be felt in the centres. the detention estate will be felt in the centres-— the centres. what you are saying, are ou the centres. what you are saying, are you surprised _ the centres. what you are saying, are you surprised something - the centres. what you are saying, are you surprised something like l are you surprised something like this happened? i are you surprised something like this happened?— this happened? i don't know the exact details _ this happened? i don't know the exact details of _ this happened? i don't know the exact details of what _ this happened? i don't know the exact details of what happened l exact details of what happened yesterday and i have not been in direct contact with anybody who was involved. these men who are in these centres have very little agency and very little control. the fact that when they try and raise issues in the past, and they are not heard, they don't feel they are listened to, the fact they protest and demonstration happened aren't unusual as the aren't unusual in the rest of democratic society. when people feel they cannot listen to, demonstrations and process other one—way people can raise their voice. the fact this was triggered
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by an outage on electricity may seem surprising to us on the outside but when you look at the bigger picture, these are men in very stressful conditions who have been taken away power, there has been no heating for 24 power, there has been no heating for 2h hours, for the provision have 2a hours, for the provision have been cut off. it may seem a small instance to us but a power a footage, but when you are in this wider situation, something like that can have a huge impact on the man there. it isn'tjust the conditions, if you have no electricity, you have no ability to charge your phone, the sole thing you have is a person in detention to keep contact with the outside world, your lawyer, specialist agencies. it is a much bigger problem. we specialist agencies. it is a much bigger problem-— specialist agencies. it is a much biner roblem. ~ . ., ., bigger problem. we have heard from one government _ bigger problem. we have heard from one government minister— bigger problem. we have heard from one government minister and - bigger problem. we have heard from one government minister and he - bigger problem. we have heard from | one government minister and he said it is a bit of a cheek for illegal immigrants to complain about conditions. what would you say to
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that? i think we have to be really, really careful about the words that we use in the rhetoric when we talk about anything to do with migration, especially people in power, they should know the weight of their words hold. comments like thatjust show the complete disregard for basic human dignity, that there is among some people towards people who are ultimately coming to the uk to try and reach safety. i would hesitate to think what would happen if the minister's in the position where they had to flee, when they are seeking safety from another country and were subjected to such conditions as we have seen from the horrendous reports had manston. if the shoe was on the other foot, how would he feel about being treated like that and the derision and distancing and editing of that language? it is dangerous and they think that language is absolute sugar for the acts we have seen in
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dover. ., ~' , ., sugar for the acts we have seen in dover. . ,, , ., ~ ., ., dover. thank you, william, for s-ueakin dover. thank you, william, for speaking to — dover. thank you, william, for speaking to us _ dover. thank you, william, for speaking to us live _ dover. thank you, william, for speaking to us live on - dover. thank you, william, for speaking to us live on bbc - dover. thank you, william, for i speaking to us live on bbc news. dover. thank you, william, for - speaking to us live on bbc news. we are going to be following that story as it develops. passengers are being warned to expect "significant disruption" on the railways, despite strike action being called off late yesterday. tens of thousands of rail workers had been due to walk out in the long—running dispute over pay and working conditions. strikes planned for monday and wednesday have also been cancelled — as negotiations between the rmt union and train operators continue. our business correspondent, marc ashdown reports. today's strike action may have been called off, but widespread disruption will continue. network rail welcomed the decision but said that services which had been cancelled can't be reinstated at such late notice. a reduced strike timetable means just 20% of services will run across england, scotland and wales. those which do will start much later and finish by the early evening.
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thousands of members of the rmt union at ia rail companies, and network rail, are involved in this long—running dispute about pay, jobs and terms and conditions. we are at a late venue tonight, and then we are coming back tomorrow morning, so it will affect us. we are definitely affected by that, because i am going to london now and i have to take taxi back which costs us £200. the problem i findl is the information's not conveyed very well. so i know there's some trains running, but i don't from - what stations or what times, at the moment. _ the union said that previous strikes had made the rail companies see sense, and it looks forward to intensive negotiations to try and reach a settlement. the rail delivery group said it's glad the union stepped back from the brink, and it too is committed to negotiating, but it warned passengers will see disruption on monday as well, as it's too late to change strike rosters. the advice is to only travel if absolutely necessary. marc ashdown, bbc news.
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our correspondent luxmy gopal is at leeds station for us. it's been a lot less busier than you would normally expect from a hub station like leeds, which is usually really busy and would be usually full of passengers on a saturday. but like many other rail stations across the country, it has been severely affected by major disruption as a result of the strike action that was planned, because of course it has been stood down. but network rail says it's been, it was stood down too late for any timetables to be reinstated. so just to give you an idea of the level of disruption here in leeds station, there are some services that have been cancelled completely, including trains to and from london, manchester, hull and nottingham. and more locally, there are no services between here and barnsley, halifax, harrogate and pontefract. now, there are some services, so there is this train here behind me. there have been a few trains that have been coming and going because there
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are some services running, but they too are severely disrupted because they are being wound down earlier than they normally would be. so actually the last trains to places such as sheffield, york, birmingham new street will be by 6.30 this evening at the latest. some of the passengers i spoke to today hadn't been aware of it, and some of them had turned up and were a bit confused by the fact that train services weren't on and weren't running. but many of them were sympathetic to the cause of the strike action that had been planned, which, as we know, is the long running dispute involving the rmt over pay and conditions. just to reiterate the advice that you heard from mark's report there, network rail are saying that passengers should not travel today unless absolutely necessary. and if you are planning to travel, then the advice is to check before doing so. the disruption today will continue on monday as well because that was another day that the strike action was due
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to take place. the third day was going to be wednesday and network rail say that they are working on trying to get a timetable up and running by then to resume by then. but for today the advice is don't travel unless you absolutely have to. thousands of people have been taking part in candlelit vigils in south korea, to remember the 156 people killed in a crush on halloween. the victims, mostly young people, were among around 100,000 people who had flocked to the popular itaewon nightlife district in the capital seoul. law enforcement officials have conceded that there was insufficient safety planning for a crowd that large, and opposition politicians have accused the government of not taking responsibility for the disaster. our correspondent nick marsh was at a vigil in the capital seoul. this vigil has been organised by one of the main civic action groups in south korea. they're anti—government
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and are affiliated with the main opposition party. it is really more of a protest than a vigil. the people i have been speaking to here all afternoon and into the night want the resignation of south korean president yoon suk—yeol. they say that he and his government are responsible for the tragic loss of life on saturday night. clearly, we know that there have been police failings. not enough officers were deployed on saturday night, there was nowhere near enough planning, huge numbers and little to no thought being put into things like crowd control. whether the responsibility goes all the way up to government levels, and ultimately to the president, will be something that south koreans will have to decide. but one thing is sure — over the course of this week,
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the initial grief and the shock felt by so many south koreans has turned into anger and has turned into a desire to get answers as to what went wrong. sinn fein's vice—president, michelle o'neill, has been addressing her party's conference in dublin. sinn fein became the largest party in the stormont assembly at the last election, but ms o'neill has not been able to take up the role of northern ireland's first minister, while the dup refuses to go back into an executive. our correspondent emma vardy is live in dublin for us this afternoon. northern ireland is in the grip of this political crisis at the moment. people have no government at stormont, no politicians in power, no ministers to take really important decisions which matter for
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public services. why is this happening? in may, sinn fein for the first time in the history became the largest party, and historic moments for them, the first time a nationalist party became the largest party in northern ireland since the formation of northern ireland 100 years ago. it didn't get to take up the first ministerial because the dup has been blocking the formation of the new power—sharing executive there because of their deep opposition to the brexit arrangements which has created a new board in the irish sea which the unions say as a seeing divides northern ireland has no place in the uk. that has stopped michelle o'neill from taking office as first minister. she was venting with frustration about the situation today. she made an accusation saying, the dup was punishing people by leaving people and then go without a government and she said she thought it was the dup didn't go back into governments because they
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couldn't swallow serving as a deputy first minister alongside a nationalist. they she said they were using it as a political cover because they couldn't stomach serving alongside her. they dup denies this and says, it is ready to go back into a power—sharing executive and accepts the mandate given by voters at the ballot box but it says it will not step back into stormont while it has these are big problems with the brexit arrangements which it says are causing problems of businesses because it is difficult getting goods over from great britain to northern ireland. michelle o'neill�*s message was going down well with the sinn fein supporters, lots of applause coming from the stage when she was giving that speech. attacking the dup today. they are feeling confident here because not only is sinn fein having that electoral success in northern ireland, but in the republic of ireland, but in the republic of
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ireland sinn fein's polling has been strong. they could become the largest party in the republic of ireland at the next elections. for the party's ultimate goal, to have a referendum on whether northern ireland should leave the uk and become a united ireland, they feel the momentum is with them. they are optimistic today. the headlines on bbc news... extreme right—wing terrorist ideology was behind the firebombing of a migrant processing centre in dover last sunday, say the police. a �*disturbance' at a london immigration removalfacility during a power outage — with reports suggesting it was caused by the detainees. disruption on the railways, despite a series of strikes being called off by the unions.
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sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. leeds are 1—1 against bournemouth at the moment. two early goals in that one. rodrigo started with a penalty. leeds hoping to pull clear of the bottom size if they can win this afternoon. manchester city are a goal up against fulham. girling harland started on the bench. his replacement has opened the scoring there. it is goalless between forest and brentford and it is 1—1 between walvis and brighton. later on, it is everton at home to leicester. in the burnley�*s 16 unbeaten match is over. they were beaten 5—2 by sheffield united. they move three
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points behind them. in the fa cup, connor wickham scored twice as forest green rovers avoided the upsetin forest green rovers avoided the upset in the first round of the fa cup. they beat south shields 2—0. it is nice to score personally but is important for the lads, for the group and for the club to be in the hat. we knew it was going to be difficult in terms of what we expected from them, they crowd, it is one of the away drawers that... we got the job done and we can go away and someone else can be the upset this weekend.— away and someone else can be the upset this weekend. england are in the quarterfinal _ upset this weekend. england are in the quarterfinal action _ upset this weekend. england are in the quarterfinal action against - upset this weekend. england are in | the quarterfinal action against papa new guinea in the rugby league world cup. they are making light work of their opponents. it is 38—0 as we approach half—time. earlier, england's women won their second pool match, beating canada as part
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of a double bill at the dw. send news to bring you, great britain's has that when gold in gymnastics. he is the first british man to win a floor title, delighting the home crowd with his routine. the t20 world cup, england's cricketers into the semifinals but they made hard work of eight against sri lanka. england had to win to progress and they restricted sri lanka to 141. england looked comfortable in their 20s, alex hales hitting eight boundaries as he top scored with 47. wickets are soon tumbled and england scraped over the line. chris woakes with the winning runs with two balls to spare. england women have booked
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their place in the rugby union world cup final, beating canada 26—19 earlier. the scoreline will tell you it was a battle with the canadians proving to be a test for the red roses in auckland. what a moment for ali tao who had been out for nine months who is god a match—winning try. it is an aids world cup final. -- h. where in the semifinal of the world cup committees are meant to be easy and canada certainly made life difficult for us at times. i was really proud about how we fought and managed our way in that game. we certainly weren't at our best by any stretch of the imagination but you don't have to be to get into the finals. good luck to them next weekend. that is home nations interest for the autumn internationals in the men's
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rugby union. scotland against fiji, wales havejust rugby union. scotland against fiji, wales have just kicked off against the all blacks with ireland against south africa at half past five. england play tomorrow against argentina. that is all the sports from us. the us climate envoy, john kerry, is calling on richer countries to "step up" and provide money to help developing nations reduce their dependence on fossil fuels. speaking to the bbc on the eve of the cop27 climate conference in egypt, mr kerry praised the development of renewable sources of energy, but said the war in ukraine and the cost of living crisis had slowed progress. is there loss? is there damage in places in the world? yes, i mean, you'd be an idiot if you didn't the challenges we face. and obviously those countries with greater means across the board, and that includes some developing countries who have greater means, need to also step up and help in this transition. but we don't view it, and we are not going to view it as compensation,
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we are going to view it as our efforts to try to help countries be able to adapt, be able to become more resilient, and obviously to address the challenges that they face as a result of some of the losses and damages. tessa khan is the founder and director of uplift, which campaigns against the use of fossil fuels in the uk. she welcomed mr kerry's admission of developed countries' obligations to poorer nations. i certainly think that it is a very welcome acknowledgement that there is a responsibility on the part of developed countries like the us, the uk to provide financial support, which they have promised for more than a decade, to developing countries to make sure that they transition away from fossil fuels as quickly as possible which are the drivers of climate change and to renewable energy sources. actually, countries like the uk absolutely have to deliver on that funding, it is difficult to think
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that we have the credibility to encourage developing countries to forego the development of their domestic oil and gas reserves when in the uk and in the us we have governments that are actively encouraging the extraction of oil and gas and the expansion of those industries. you mention that. does that mean you get some sense that maybe some of the developed countries might be moving backwards? our government in the uk has opened a new licensing round in the north sea, we could see a new coalmine. absolutely. it is alarming, it is inconsistent with the promises that the uk government and others have made to keep climate change at a safe limit. more to the point, in the last year, because of the war in ukraine, we have seen what the true cost
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of our dependency on oil and gas is. we are feeding the russian war machine every time we use oil and gas, that is exported from russia. gas has quadrupled in price and that is making energy unaffordable for many millions of people in the uk. there are twin very powerful driving imperatives for us to move away from oil and gas as quickly as possible. the uk government has just announced a new licensing round for oil and gas in the north sea. it is considering approving a massive new oilfield which is three times the size of the controversial cambo oil field that didn't go through last year. it is really hard to reconcile what the government is doing on the one hand about needing to address climate change and doing the right thing by millions of people who are in fuel poverty and what they are doing in terms of their active supports for oil and gas extraction. at the moment we are seeing the floods in pakistan,
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the drought in somalia, when it comes to developed countries promising help to developing countries, there is a long history of that, isn't there? do you think in this meeting there will be a sense of trust that is discussed here? absolutely. there is a long history, it has been many years that countries have been promising to provide that funding and they haven't managed to do it at the scale that was promised. developing countries are mistrusting of those sorts of promises and gestures. that is what it is going to be an issue at this cop27, africa is exceptionally vulnerable to the impacts of climate change but it is a continent that's responsible for 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions. it is not its fault that it is suffering the impacts and it is up to rich countries that have benefited historically from burning oil, gas and coal that they help them survive those
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impacts and are supported to develop away from fossil fuels. pope francis has held an open—air mass for around 30,000 flag—waving worshippers in mainly muslim bahrain. a hundred strong choir greeted the 85—year—old as he was driven in an open popemobile through the crowds. many of them were foreign migrant workers, drawn from around two million catholics living in the gulf region. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav it is an another unsettled weekend. we've got low pressure nearby, strong winds at times. today wet, the rain is confined to the south—east corner of england and then we will see clear spells and showers following on from many places into tomorrow. there is low pressure out into the atlantic, the first weather front bringing in the
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showers. this area of cloud and rain will hang around across the south—east to the evening and overnight, further north and west will see blustery showers moving into some of these areas. a mild night to come in the south, cooler further north are not as cold as it has been. low pressure firmly in control for sunday, we will continue to see showers around, the rain in the south—east continues and it'll be wet in places with the risk of localised flooding. elsewhere, clear spells in sunshine around and blustery showers again. they could be thunder. and while day to came across the board.
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hello this is bbc news. the headlines: extreme right—wing terrorist ideology was behind the firebombing sunday, say the police. a �*disturbance' at a london immigration removalfacility during a power outage — with reports suggesting it was caused by the detainees. disruption on the railways, despite a series of strikes being called off by the unions. thousands of people gathered in seoul to remember the victims of last week's halloween crush — many are demanding the president resign. they are anti—government and they are affiliated with the main
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opposition party. now really it is more than a protest than a vigil. the us climate envoy, john kerry, is calling on richer countries to "step up" to help developing nations reduce their dependence on fossil fuels. now on bbc news, talking business. hello everybody, a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me. let's take a look at what is on the show. china's leader xi jinping consolidates power and resets the super economy future. so what do the changes of the top mean for the global economy, the supply chain and relations with its biggest competitor the united states? two there they are. i'm going to be discussing all of that with these two there they are. so even the council of foreign relations and the big boss of that age group and former us diplomat
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