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this is bbc news. i'm reeta chakrabarti. the headlines... a new wave of russian missiles strike the ukrainian capital, kyiv, damaging residential buildings near the city centre and across the country. the prime minister admits the uk's image has been harmed on the global stage due to the economic fallout of the mini—budget. obviously our international reputation took a bit of a knock as a result of some of the things that happens recently. what i've seen here at the 620 summit is an enormous amount of goodwill. an inquest finds the death of two—year—old awaab ishak was directly linked to his exposure to mould in his home in rochdale — the family's solicitor read a statement on their behalf. when awaab died, our lives changed forever.
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today, two years on, the coroner has found our little boy's prolonged exposure to mould led to his death. —— led entirely to his death. -- led entirely to his death. this traced -- led entirely to his death. this tragedy has- -- — -- led entirely to his death. this tragedy has... let's _ —— led entirely to his death. this tragedy has... let's make sure the housing _ tragedy has... let's make sure the housing associations— tragedy has... let's make sure the housing associations are _ tragedy has... let's make sure the i housing associations are responsible for social_ housing associations are responsible for social housing _ housing associations are responsible for social housing are _ housing associations are responsible for social housing are held _ housing associations are responsible for social housing are held to - for social housing are held to account _ as uk unemployment rises slightly in the three months to september, regular pay falls due to the cost of living crisis. former president donald trump is expected to announce his much—anticipated 2024 presidential run in a tv appearance in florida later tonight. and the border collie that reported itself lost by walking into its local police station.
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russia has launched a barrage of missiles at targets across ukraine, just hours after the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, appealed to 620 leaders meeting in bali to help him end the invasion of his country. the mayor of kyiv, vitaliy klitschko, said three buildings had been hit in a central district of the ukrainian capital, specifying that at least two of these were residential. another ukrainian official posted video of a five—storey residential building ablaze. the mayor said air defences had shot down several missiles. at least half of the capital is now without electricity.
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ukrainian air defences have also engaged targets over the port cities of mykolaiv, where there have been several waves of attacks, odesa, and elsewhere. explosions have been reported in the city of lviv, in western ukraine. the authorities are warning people to stay in bomb shelters. earlier, our correspondent in kyiv, catherine byaruhanga, spoke to my colleague maryam moshiri after taking shelter in an underground car park. we've had to come down to the shelter of our hotel because about an hour ago, air raid sirens were sounded here in the capital, kyiv, but all across ukraine. we could see a map of the air sirens, and it wasjust red over the country. and then, in just the last few minutes, we've heard reports of explosions in the city — and now we have confirmation from the city's mayor, as well as the kyiv military administration, saying there had been two missile strikes hitting residential buildings. a video from the presidency�*s office appeared to show a high—rise residential building on fire. the authorities say that doctors and nurses have been dispatched to the sites of these missile strikes, and they are trying to help the people affected. let's speak with our diplomatic
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correspondent paul adams. so what do we make of the timing of this assault by russia? i so what do we make of the timing of this assault by russia?— this assault by russia? i think there are _ this assault by russia? i think there are a — this assault by russia? i think there are a couple _ this assault by russia? i think there are a couple of - this assault by russia? i think there are a couple of things i this assault by russia? i think - there are a couple of things going this assault by russia? i think there are a coule of thins auoin there are a couple of things going on. one is a military timing, the other is perhaps the diplomatic. this is a campaign that's been going on forfive weeks this is a campaign that's been going on for five weeks now. i was in kyiv when he began on ten october, the strikes today seem to be roughly on the same scale as those attacks, perhaps slightly bigger. but it's been going on pretty regularly ever since, and it's a part of a since, and it's a part ofa since, and it's a part of a concerted russian effort to knock out the power grid in ukraine, to plunge ukrainian civilians into cold and darkness as winter approaches. and it's a campaign that's been going on really as a response to their setbacks on the battlefield. you know, it's been a catalogue of failure on the battlefield, and russia seems to be heading back in the only way that it can. on the
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diplomatic side, they do seem to use these attacks as revenge for certain episodes — the first one happened a couple days after that mysterious explosion on the bridge, leaving russia in crimea, and then today's, obvious lee a few days after the loss of kherson, which was their biggest military humiliation so far. also foreign leaders discussed the war in ukraine at that meeting in bali, and there is a draught document being circulated in which the west, britain and the united states, hope that a lot of 620 members will sign onto it expressing concern about the way the war is impacting particularly civilians. you have to wonder what the russian calculation is because countries like china, india, south africa — china, an ally of russia, and south africa and india uncomfortably
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sitting on the fence even after eight months of this. you have to wonder what the effect of such a gratuitous attack on civilian infrastructure at a time when people are wondering just how much we should criticise russia. find are wondering just how much we should criticise russia.— are wondering just how much we should criticise russia. and part of that problem _ should criticise russia. and part of that problem is _ should criticise russia. and part of that problem is that _ should criticise russia. and part of that problem is that we _ should criticise russia. and part of that problem is that we don't - should criticise russia. and part ofj that problem is that we don't know to what extent resident putin is being criticised in his own country. we don't, we get tantalising little glimpses of this but nothing conclusive, and i think the view of western officials is that he's still very much the man in charge, calling shots. but it is difficult to read what is going on, you know, you watch russian tv and you often see bloodcurdling calls for precisely what we are seeing, attacks on ukrainian civilians — there seems to be a belief that ukraine as a whole has to be brought to its knees in order to recognise that somehow it's future lies with russia. it sounds
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more and more fantastical with every month that passes. and it does smack frankly of a measure of despair because the war is going so badly, it seems as though this is the only way that russia can somehow make its power felt. way that russia can somehow make its powerfelt. but way that russia can somehow make its power felt. but there way that russia can somehow make its powerfelt. but there is way that russia can somehow make its power felt. but there is a way that russia can somehow make its powerfelt. but there is a question mark over how long russia can continue to do this. only today we heard western officials once again warning that russia is running short of the high—tech munitions needed to carry out this kind of attack. now we have heard those suggestions before and, lo and behold, we see as many as 100 missiles being used today. but at some point, russia will lose its ability to conduct this kind of widespread, highly sophisticated attack on ukrainian civilian infrastructure. and all the time ukrainians are getting even better to set those missiles through the arrival of western air defences, and also scrambling on the ground to repair the damage every time. for
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both sides it is a race against time, just as the winter approaches. paul, thank you very much. and we'll be speaking to our bbc ukraine correspondent who is in kyiv very shortly. let's go now to the 620. rishi sunak has admitted the uk's reputation was damaged by liz truss's mini—budget in september. the prime minister said tax rises and spending cuts in thursday's autumn statement are needed to reduce rising inflation and uk public debt. but mr sunak said decisions would be taken in a "fair" way, and everyone would benefit from reduced debt levels. he was speaking to our political editor chris mason, on the sidelines of the summit in bali. prime minister, in yourjudgment, how tarnished is the uk's reputation after what's happened this year? obviously, our international reputation took a bit of a knock as a result of some of the things that happened more recently,
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but what i've seen here at the 620 summit in indonesia is an enormous amount of goodwill for the uk to be an active and engaged member of the international community. there's widespread support for what we've done in ukraine and across the board, whether it's on on cop whether it's on cop and climate change or how to fix the global economy, these are all issues where we can play a role and people are looking us to do that. you are putting up taxes and cutting spending. they are choices. how can you be sure you're not going to make a bad situation worse? well, it's tough and you wouldn't expect me to comment on specifics just a couple of days in advance of the chancellor's autumn statement... but you've acknowledged taxes will go up and spending will be cut, so how can you be certain it will not make things worse? the number one challenge we face is inflation, and we're not alone in that. it's important that we get a grip of that and limit the increase in mortgage rates that people are experiencing, at the best way to do that is get a grip of our borrowing levels and have our debt,
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on a sustainable basis, falling... even if it makes people more poor? that's something we are not alone in doing, other countries are pursuing the same policy. but i can reassure people that the way we will go about that will have fairness and compassion at the heart of all the decisions and we'll, of course, always do our best to support public services or the economy as required. were there any concerns, even informal ones, raised with you about the conduct of dominic raab before you appointed him as deputy? i've been very clear. i don't recognise the characterisation of dominic's behaviour, and i also was not and am not aware of any formal complaint... i asked if there were any informal... there is a formal complaints process and that's the important thing people should avail themselves of if they... did anyone or any document raise any concerns about his behaviour at all? i was not and am not aware of any formal complaints about dominic's behaviour, but i would say if people have concerns, whether it's about any individual, they should come forward and talk
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to people about those. are you saying there is no document and nobody who made informal reference to his conduct, separate to a formal complaint? but i think it is important we have a formal complaints process... did anyone raise anything informally? i don't recognise the characterisation of dominic's behaviour personally, and i was not and am not aware of any formal complaints about that. the prime ministers speaking earlier. 6o the prime ministers speaking earlier. go back to that russian attack in ukraine. bbc ukraine's viktoriia zhuhan is in kyiv. explained to us how things are where you are at the moment? i see now you are outside because you are underground for a while. that's riaht, underground for a while. that's right. just _ underground for a while. that's right. just like _ underground for a while. that's right, just like many _ underground for a while. that's right, just like many residentsl underground for a while. that's. right, just like many residents in kyiv, i was in a shelter after being
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almost kept there for over three hours. and it seems like life is getting back to its normal track as it should be. i see some traffic behind me, and i know that people who were hiding in the subway are trying to get back home because the subway doesn't operate normally when there's air raid alerts, and some peoplejust there's air raid alerts, and some people just literally get stuck there. people 'ust literally get stuck there. �* , people 'ust literally get stuck there. �*, .,., ., , people 'ust literally get stuck there. �*, ., there. it's extraordinary that the ci is there. it's extraordinary that the city is under _ there. it's extraordinary that the city is under attack, _ there. it's extraordinary that the city is under attack, and - there. it's extraordinary that the city is under attack, and yet - there. it's extraordinary that the city is under attack, and yet the | city is under attack, and yet the normal everyday concerns of life go on, people try to get back home from being underground. iii on, people try to get back home from being underground.— being underground. if you look at k iv, it's being underground. if you look at kyiv. it's a _ being underground. if you look at kyiv. it's a very — being underground. if you look at kyiv, it's a very interesting - kyiv, it's a very interesting demographic situation here because people had fled and never returned, but many families have come back because they needed to put children to kindergarten in schools, and also we know that many people from east and south have fled here. so even though kyiv has been under massive strikes here, people are trying to
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continue going to jobs, putting strikes here, people are trying to continue going tojobs, putting kids to kindergarten, and schools, and managed these new challenges as well as they can. and it's really important to stress that people i'm talking about who are trying to get home right now, most of them will come to a cold and dark home. because so much of the electricity has been cut? 50 because so much of the electricity has been cut?— has been cut? so kyiv authorities, the mayor — has been cut? so kyiv authorities, the mayor of _ has been cut? so kyiv authorities, the mayor of kyiv _ has been cut? so kyiv authorities, the mayor of kyiv said _ has been cut? so kyiv authorities, the mayor of kyiv said at - has been cut? so kyiv authorities, the mayor of kyiv said at least - has been cut? so kyiv authorities, | the mayor of kyiv said at least half of the families in kyiv do not have electricity right now. and that means that it's an emergency situation. what will probably happen soon, or in the next hours or days, will be planned power blackouts. what does that mean? it means people will get an approximate scheduled blackout, and he have's suburbs and regions, and most of ukraine will
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not have electricity many hours of the day. not have electricity many hours of the da . , , , . ., the day. this is the second time in several weeks _ the day. this is the second time in several weeks that _ the day. this is the second time in several weeks that this _ the day. this is the second time in several weeks that this russian i several weeks that this russian barrage of missiles has been unleashed. how are people coping psychologically? it’s unleashed. how are people coping psychologically?— psychologically? it's a very good ruestion psychologically? it's a very good question because _ psychologically? it's a very good question because when - psychologically? it's a very good question because when you - psychologically? it's a very good question because when you talk| psychologically? it's a very good l question because when you talk to people, you hear a lot of sarcasm and jokes. also if you look at memes, theyjust flourish at and jokes. also if you look at memes, they just flourish at this time. but when i simply talk to people, i see this hypervigilance with everyone listening to the smallest noise and asking each other or neighbours, orjust writing on social media, "hey, have you heard that noise? is that another air strike was michael's go and sometimes neighbours or friends to just tell each other, "no, it was nothing, just someone slamming the car door." 50 nothing, just someone slamming the car door." �*, ,., ., , car door." so there's both anxiety and a sort —
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car door." so there's both anxiety and a sort of _ car door." so there's both anxiety and a sort of grim _ car door." so there's both anxiety and a sort of grim humour? - car door." so there's both anxiety and a sort of grim humour? it - car door." so there's both anxiety - and a sort of grim humour? it sounds like that, it — and a sort of grim humour? it sounds like that, it sounds _ and a sort of grim humour? it sounds like that, it sounds like _ and a sort of grim humour? it sounds like that, it sounds like it's _ and a sort of grim humour? it sounds like that, it sounds like it's a - like that, it sounds like it's a temporary normal for many ukrainians.— temporary normal for many ukrainians. ., ,, , . ukrainians. thank you very much, stay safe- — the headlines on bbc news... as you heard, a new wave of ukrainian missiles debts russian missiles strike you cave —— kyiv. the prime minister admits the uk's image has been harmed on the global stage due to the economic fallout of the mini budget. an inquest finds that the death of two—year—old awaab ishak was directly linked to his exposure to mould in his home in rochdale. a coroner has concluded that the death of a toddler was directly linked to his exposure to mould in a flat, in rochdale.
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awaab ishak died shortly after his second birthday in december 2020, as a result of a severe respiratory condition caused by the mould. his father had repeatedly raised the problem with the housing society, rochdale boroughwide housing, but no action was taken. the coronerjoanne kearsley said his "tragic death" should be "a defining moment for the housing sector". our correspondent fiona trott was in court. just to elaborate a little bit more on what the coroner was saying as she made her ruling here today. she said, "i am not alone in thinking how, in the uk in 2020, can a two—year—old child die from exposure to mould in the home?" we heard about deprivation and poverty and the need
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for more social housing, but the evidence here shows that it's notjust a rochdale problem and that damp and mould is notjust a social housing problem, it's the private sector also. and she said, "that is why this tragic death should be a defining moment for the housing sector, for increasing knowledge and improving processes." now, the family's solicitor, kellie darlington, read out a statement on behalf of his parents, feisal abdullah and aisha amin. and they were standing next to her when she read that out. awaab would sometimes have coughing fits for 2—3 days. there were days we wouldn't be able to take him out of the house because of how bad his coffin was. but of course, by him staying in the house, this made his coffin worse. we were absolutely trapped. living in these conditions affected every aspect of our lives. we didn't feel at peace with ourselves when in all the time, we felt troubled. we were anxious and fearful of what the morgue was doing to awaab. whenever friends would come to visit, they would tell us that the conditions that rochdale boroughwide housing were keeping them in were not right.
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we have no doubt at all that we were treated this way because we are not from the country and less aware of how the systems in the uk work. rochdale boroughwide housing, we have a message for you. stop discriminating. stop being racist. stop providing unfair treatment to people coming from abroad who are refugees or asylum seekers. stop housing people in homes you know are unfit for human habitation. we were left feeling absolutely worthless at the hands of rochdale borough council. the second lawyer representing the family, christian weaver, said they believe because they weren't from this country, that their voices weren't heard and they were made to feel worthless. if rochdale boroughwide housing ever come across similar issues again, we hope they deal with it in a more humane, efficient, professionalway than how they behaved with us. we want to end by telling you our beautiful web was.
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—— are beautiful awaab was. he was always full of smiles. he liked tojoke and was full of life and laughter. he used to enjoy playing on his bike and with his ball. he always wanted to be with us. his absence leaves a huge void. it should never be the case that families in our situation have to go through the inquest process without legal representation. single—handedly up against multiple lawyers for the very bodies we feel bear responsibility for our child's death. well, we have a statement from 6areth swarbrick, who's the chief executive of rochdale boroughwide housing, and he said, "i'm truly devastated about awaab's death and that things we got and there are things that we got wrong." he said, "we didn't recognise the level of risk to the little boy's health from the mould in the family's home. we allowed a legal disrepair process widely used in the housing sector to get in the way of promptly tackling the mould" — and that's something that the coroner mentioned. housing association policy meant that because the family had
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started a legal claim, the repairs could not start without the agreement from the claimant's solicitors. what's also striking today is that the coroner was talking about a lack of communication. and when you listened to that, you were left wondering if people had communicated better, what difference would that have made? for example, the health visitor raised concerns to rochdale boroughwide housing, but the 6p wasn't copied in. the 6p was aware of when awaab came to the surgery, but that wasn't shared with health visitors. in september 2020, the midwife visited — that's because awaab's mother was expecting at that point — and she completed a special circumstances form to children's services, and she was highlighting concerns about mould and the potential impact on awaab's health. but that wasn't shared with the gp
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or the health visitor. and the coroner herself said, "i'm satisfied there was an evident gap in information sharing." it wasn't until 16 december, 2020, that there's any indication that the 6p was aware of any social conditions which may have been having an impact on a child's health. well, that date, 16 december, that was five days before awaab ishak died. and the health visitor, she raised concerns injuly — that was five months before he passed away. the coroner is now intending to write to the ministry for housing and the secretary of state for health about strengthening the government's decent home standard to include damp and mould. earlier today, sir tony lloyd, labour mp for rochdale, raised a point of order in the commons in relation to the case. point of order, sir tony. thank you, mr speaker. mr speaker, the coroner recorded
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this morning that the death of two—year—old awaab ishak was caused by acute oedema — in other words, respiratory failure — but caused by exposure to mould growth in the home in which he lived, which is both prolonged and clearly severe. in that context, mr speaker, this issue of mould growth and properties both private, social housing, etc is a real one across these islands of ours. and can i ask whether any minister has given indication that will be coming to make some kind of comment on this inquest, either today or in the future? or if not, could we at least alert the treasury bench to the corner�*s conclusions? because these have implications which go way beyond this tragic case of the two—year—old boy in my constituency. it is a tragic case, and i totally agree and that. i thank the honourable member for giving notice
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of his point of order. i've not heard of any statements, however ministers will have heard the points he's raised, and i hope they'll consider these points. and i know the honourable member will pursue this. michael 6ove is the secretary of state for levelling up, housing and communities — he's been speaking about this case. it's already the case that this tragedy— it's already the case that this tragedy has _ it's already the case that this tragedy has shown _ it's already the case that this tragedy has shown a - it's already the case that this tragedy has shown a light - it's already the case that this tragedy has shown a light on| it's already the case that this - tragedy has shown a light on what needs— tragedy has shown a light on what needs to — tragedy has shown a light on what needs to change _ tragedy has shown a light on what needs to change and _ tragedy has shown a light on what needs to change and social- tragedy has shown a light on what . needs to change and social housing. we are _ needs to change and social housing. we are bringing _ needs to change and social housing. we are bringing forward _ needs to change and social housing. we are bringing forward legislation. we are bringing forward legislation that will— we are bringing forward legislation that will make _ we are bringing forward legislation that will make sure _ we are bringing forward legislation that will make sure the _ we are bringing forward legislation that will make sure the housing. that will make sure the housing associations _ that will make sure the housing associations who _ that will make sure the housing associations who are _ that will make sure the housing i associations who are responsible that will make sure the housing - associations who are responsible for social— associations who are responsible for social housing — associations who are responsible for social housing are _ associations who are responsible for social housing are held _ associations who are responsible for social housing are held to _ associations who are responsible for social housing are held to account. i social housing are held to account. this tragedy— social housing are held to account. this tragedy should _ social housing are held to account. this tragedy should never - social housing are held to account. this tragedy should never have - this tragedy should never have occurred~ — this tragedy should never have occurred. there _ this tragedy should never have occurred. there is _ this tragedy should never have occurred. there is no - this tragedy should never have occurred. there is no way- this tragedy should never have occurred. there is no way thatl this tragedy should never havel occurred. there is no way that a young _ occurred. there is no way that a young child _ occurred. there is no way that a young child being _ occurred. there is no way that a young child being brought - occurred. there is no way that a young child being brought up i occurred. there is no way that a young child being brought up in| occurred. there is no way that a. young child being brought up in a home _ young child being brought up in a home with — young child being brought up in a home with damp _ young child being brought up in a home with damp and _ young child being brought up in a home with damp and mould - young child being brought up in a home with damp and mould of. home with damp and mould of this kind could — home with damp and mould of this kind could be — home with damp and mould of this kind could be considered _ home with damp and mould of this kind could be considered to- home with damp and mould of this kind could be considered to be - kind could be considered to be decent — kind could be considered to be decent home. _ kind could be considered to be decent home. it's _ kind could be considered to be decent home. it's already- kind could be considered to be decent home. it's already the i kind could be considered to be - decent home. it's already the case of the _ decent home. it's already the case of the standards _ decent home. it's already the case of the standards of— decent home. it's already the case of the standards of the _ decent home. it's already the case of the standards of the housing. of the standards of the housing association _ of the standards of the housing association should _ of the standards of the housing association should have - of the standards of the housing association should have upheld of the standards of the housing - association should have upheld were breached. _ association should have upheld were breached. and — association should have upheld were breached, and that's _ association should have upheld were breached, and that's why— association should have upheld were breached, and that's why i've - association should have upheld were breached, and that's why i've askedl breached, and that's why i've asked of those _ breached, and that's why i've asked of those in — breached, and that's why i've asked of those in to— breached, and that's why i've asked of those in to this _ breached, and that's why i've asked of those in to this apartment - breached, and that's why i've asked
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of those in to this apartment to - of those in to this apartment to explain — of those in to this apartment to explain themselves, _ of those in to this apartment to explain themselves, because . of those in to this apartment to l explain themselves, because this of those in to this apartment to - explain themselves, because this is a tragedy _ explain themselves, because this is a traced . ., ~' explain themselves, because this is atraued. ., ~ , a tragedy. you think the people should be held _ a tragedy. you think the people should be held to _ a tragedy. you think the people should be held to account - a tragedy. you think the people should be held to account in - a tragedy. you think the people | should be held to account in the council, should they be thinking about their futures was 6reen it seems to be inconceivable that the chief earning north of £450,000, whos— chief earning north of £450,000, who's responsible _ chief earning north of £450,000, who's responsible for— chief earning north of £450,000, who's responsible for homes - chief earning north of £450,000, who's responsible for homes in l who's responsible for homes in rochdale. _ who's responsible for homes in rochdale, the _ who's responsible for homes in rochdale, the fact _ who's responsible for homes in rochdale, the fact that - who's responsible for homes in rochdale, the fact that this - who's responsible for homes in| rochdale, the fact that this was raised _ rochdale, the fact that this was raised by— rochdale, the fact that this was raised by his— rochdale, the fact that this was raised by his father— rochdale, the fact that this was raised by his father years - rochdale, the fact that this was raised by his father years — - raised by his father years — the fact that he _ raised by his father years — the fact that he had _ raised by his father years — the fact that he had to _ raised by his father years — the fact that he had to get - raised by his father years — the fact that he had to get a - raised by his father years — the i fact that he had to get a solicitor on his— fact that he had to get a solicitor on his case — fact that he had to get a solicitor on his case to _ fact that he had to get a solicitor on his case to ensure _ fact that he had to get a solicitor on his case to ensure he - fact that he had to get a solicitor on his case to ensure he and - fact that he had to get a solicitor on his case to ensure he and his| on his case to ensure he and his family— on his case to ensure he and his family were _ on his case to ensure he and his family were living in _ on his case to ensure he and his family were living in his - on his case to ensure he and his family were living in his home, i on his case to ensure he and his i family were living in his home, and the fact— family were living in his home, and the fact that they— family were living in his home, and the fact that they did _ one suspects this is not an isolated
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case, do you have any sense of how widespread the sort of thing might be, people living in housing that is simply substandard? it is be, people living in housing that is simply substandard? it is shocking, but unfortunately _ simply substandard? it is shocking, but unfortunately i'm _ simply substandard? it is shocking, but unfortunately i'm not _ simply substandard? it is shocking, but unfortunately i'm not at - simply substandard? it is shocking, but unfortunately i'm not at all- but unfortunately i'm not at all surprised. earlierthis but unfortunately i'm not at all surprised. earlier this year, but unfortunately i'm not at all surprised. earlierthis year, i but unfortunately i'm not at all surprised. earlier this year, i did a series of stories about social tenants living in mouldy, damp homes. lots of them had health problems, their children had health problems, their children had health problems — this problem is widespread, sadly, it should not be but it is. i'll give you some statistics from the english housing survey — 3.5 million occupied homes do not meet the decent homes standard. 2.2 million of those had at least one category one hazard — that includes damp and mould. now the worst affected are privately rented homes, and then of course social housing homes are also impacted. now michael 6ove is trying to bring legislation through to give
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social tenants more consumer rights when it comes to situations like this, but the problem really, in my experience, is enforcement. and there is a huge problem with renters, whether they are social renters or private renters, being able to get their voices heard. and i cannot fathom why it's so difficult to connect the dots here. beth housing makes people sick, and it can, as this case shows, be fatal. ., . ., ., , fatal. how much power do tenants have in a situation _ fatal. how much power do tenants have in a situation like _ fatal. how much power do tenants have in a situation like this? - fatal. how much power do tenants l have in a situation like this? whose responsibility is it to sort it out? because listening to our correspondent detailing the background of the case, it sounds like this familyjust background of the case, it sounds like this family just fell through the cracks. like this family 'ust fell through the ccks— like this family 'ust fell through the cracks— like this family 'ust fell through the cracks. ., ., , ., , ., the cracks. unfortunately lots of families are _ the cracks. unfortunately lots of families are falling _ the cracks. unfortunately lots of families are falling through - the cracks. unfortunately lots of families are falling through the l families are falling through the cracks, and my experience will stop and let's be clear, it is always the landlord's responsibility to make sure that the home is fit for human
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habitation. that's legislation that has come in since the 6renfell tower to that effect. at the problem is, in the social housing sector, and my experience, tenants are not treated well, often housing associations are very rude to them in the correspondence that i see. you would not speak to anyone like they are spoken to — and that's if they're not being ignored. and then in the private rented sector, we have an even bigger problem which is the existence of something called section 21, no—fault evictions. landlords are not supposed to evict people if they make complaints about conditions, but i know all too well that they do. and i speak to renters up and down the country living in houses that are mouldy and damp where you should not be living, let alone have children, and they fear complaining and making a fuss because they know they can just be evicted. the landlord does not have to give a reason under section 21, they can evict their tenants at sort notice and that's that. —— at short
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notice. 50 notice and that's that. -- at short notice. ., ., ., ., ., notice. so who will hold a landlord to account if _ notice. so who will hold a landlord to account if they _ notice. so who will hold a landlord to account if they are _ notice. so who will hold a landlord to account if they are maintaining | to account if they are maintaining substandard accommodation or behaving unfairly towards their tenants, or even dangerously? in theory, it's the local authority. you can't make a complaint to your local council and talk to the environmental team, then landlords in theory can be held to account. but we have a big problem — there are 4.4 million households renting privately, and local authorities just do not have the capacity to deal with the complaints. and that's when renters are able to make a complaint and feel able to because they're not worried about losing their homes. irate they're not worried about losing their homes.— they're not worried about losing their homes. we have to leave it there, their homes. we have to leave it there. but _ their homes. we have to leave it there, but thank _ their homes. we have to leave it there, but thank you _ their homes. we have to leave it there, but thank you very - their homes. we have to leave it there, but thank you very much. | let's go back to two of our big stories this hour, that is the meeting of leaders at the 620 summit and the ongoing war in ukraine. an
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apple bomb isa is a pulitzer prize—winning journalist and a staff writer at the atlantic magazine. 6ood writer at the atlantic magazine. good to have you on the programme, thanks forjoining us. we speak as russia has unleashed large attacks on ukraine. what is the purpose of these attacks, but as russia aiming to achieve? what you think of the timing of this particular attack? i think we can say there are two purposes. one is connected to the timing. russia is making a point, they are saying that they don't care about international laws and summits, they are not bothered by diplomatic rules and laws on war and conventions against genocide. the attack is meant to show the world that they are a rogue state — they are not beholden to the rules that others have written or decided to abide by for the last several decades. the second purpose is the
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same purpose that terrorists normally have — namely they are unable to win the war on the ground, they've just lost a very important city, they are apparently losing more territory even today than yesterday. and so what they are trying to do is change the politics through the use of intimidation and civilians. some of the bombs are aimed at energy supplies, they are aimed at energy supplies, they are aimed at energy supplies, they are aimed at residential buildings, they are designed to make people cold and hungry, and to create disease and famine. that's the purpose of them, so they are designed to terrorise ukrainians and persuade them to give up ukrainians and persuade them to give up or perhaps negotiate, or even just to frighten them. because the point of the war from the very beginning was to tell the ukrainians that they are not allowed to have their own state, they need to become part of the new russian empire. [30 part of the new russian empire. do ou part of the new russian empire. do you have any sense of how long russia can keep this up? this
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you have any sense of how long russia can keep this up? fissi you have any sense of how long russia can keep this up? as i said, russia can keep this up? as i said, russia is losing _ russia can keep this up? as i said, russia is losing the _ russia can keep this up? as i said, russia is losing the war _ russia can keep this up? as i said, russia is losing the war and - russia can keep this up? as i said, russia is losing the war and it's - russia is losing the war and it's not clear to me how much longer they can keep fighting the war. but of course, they can keep sending missiles at ukraine as long as they have missiles. unfortunately this seems that other countries are willing to supply them. we know iranians do, there's a sense the north koreans might be doing it, so they might be able to get them from others. it must be said that the ukrainians's air defences are improving, they are getting better at shooting things down. i don't think we know yet what the results of today's attack where. but russia can keep going as long as it's not facing some kind of sanction from the world that forces it to stop. and this is going on as the 620 is meeting in indonesia, there have been strong words against russia's foreign minister, sergei lavrov. are thesejust foreign minister, sergei lavrov. are these just water off a duck�*s back? how do you interpret the timing of this? this
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how do you interpret the timing of this? ~ , how do you interpret the timing of this? �* , ,, this? as i said, i think the timing is deliberate. _ this? as i said, i think the timing is deliberate. the _ this? as i said, i think the timing is deliberate. the russians - this? as i said, i think the timing is deliberate. the russians are l is deliberate. the russians are saying "we don't care about your diplomacy or statements, we are not bothered by it." i think to some degree that's not true, the fact of isolation does bother vladimir putin, he's always been key in the —— keen to be seen playing a role in the world stage, and as i said, the fact that he decided not to go is very significant, he didn't want to be embarrassed. he may also have been worried about some kind of political action at home in his absence, that's a rumour out of moscow that i can't prove but it's not impossible given how paranoid he is about losing power. but he clearly time to these missile attacks so that they would remind everybody who's in indonesia that he doesn't care what they say.— doesn't care what they say. that's fascinating — doesn't care what they say. that's fascinating what _ doesn't care what they say. that's fascinating what you _ doesn't care what they say. that's fascinating what you say - doesn't care what they say. that's fascinating what you say about. doesn't care what they say. that's fascinating what you say about his reluctance to leave moscow. is there
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a sense that he has anything but a iron grip on power?— iron grip on power? there's been ruite a iron grip on power? there's been quite a bit _ iron grip on power? there's been quite a bit of _ iron grip on power? there's been quite a bit of open _ iron grip on power? there's been quite a bit of open criticism - iron grip on power? there's been quite a bit of open criticism of. quite a bit of open criticism of him. some of it is coming from the sphere of the national security nationalist far right, including some more bleak but 1—2 critiques by name. you're beginning to hear on russian state television some people saying we can't win the war. so yeah, there is some kind of conversation happening and not everybody who's conducting it seems to be in political trouble. so putin is involved in some kind of struggle or argument, is involved in some kind of struggle orargument, but is involved in some kind of struggle or argument, but i would also note that the mobilisation, the russian decision to draught hundreds of thousands of russian men as a result of which millions of russian men, or certainly hundreds of thousands have left the country was an admission of political failure, left the country was an admission of politicalfailure, so it was left the country was an admission of political failure, so it was an admission that the war was not going the way it was supposed to go, and that was a response to criticism he
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was getting from militarists inside his country. so his actions are already reflecting criticism that he's getting right now. irate already reflecting criticism that he's getting right now. we have to leave it there, _ he's getting right now. we have to leave it there, thank _ he's getting right now. we have to leave it there, thank you - he's getting right now. we have to leave it there, thank you very - he's getting right now. we have to | leave it there, thank you very much indeed. ., �* , ., leave it there, thank you very much indeed. ., �*, ., , ,., good evening. england's squad have arrived in qatar ahead of their world cup campaign — these are pictures of them entering the airport after disembarking from their plane which was called rain bow... reflecting the symbol of l6btq+ pride. they will now head to their team base where training starts tomorrow. they prepare for the first match of the world cup against iran. it is coming up quickly, it is on monday.
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wales are a few hours behind england. these are pictures of the team geting ready to board their flight from cardiff after their final training session in the capital earlier today with just six days until their opening match against the usa. there are even some fans there to see them off as they prepare to play in the first world cup since 1958. hopefully they do well and praying they do— hopefully they do well and praying they do well. i would love to see them _ they do well. i would love to see them at — they do well. i would love to see them at the next stage. it's going to be _ them at the next stage. it's going to be on— them at the next stage. it's going to be on every night so hopefully it will be _ to be on every night so hopefully it will be a _ to be on every night so hopefully it will be a blast to watch and i hope they have — will be a blast to watch and i hope they have fun. | will be a blast to watch and i hope they have fun-— they have fun. i think as soon as they have fun. i think as soon as they have _ they have fun. i think as soon as they have got — they have fun. i think as soon as they have got their _ they have fun. i think as soon as they have got their one-game, i they have fun. i think as soon as i they have got their one-game, on they have fun. i think as soon as - they have got their one-game, on the they have got their one—game, on the need to do is keep going straight forward and there will be fine. seeing them grow, the manager, the trainers _ seeing them grow, the manager, the trainers are brilliant as _ seeing them grow, the manager, the trainers are brilliant as well, - seeing them grow, the manager, the trainers are brilliant as well, they. trainers are brilliant as well, they happily— trainers are brilliant as well, they happily put— trainers are brilliant as well, they happily put wales _ trainers are brilliant as well, they happily put wales on _ trainers are brilliant as well, they happily put wales on the - trainers are brilliant as well, they happily put wales on the map - trainers are brilliant as well, they| happily put wales on the map and yeah. _ happily put wales on the map and yeah. definitely _ happily put wales on the map and yeah, definitely, it— happily put wales on the map and yeah, definitely, it has _ happily put wales on the map and yeah, definitely, it has put - happily put wales on the map and yeah, definitely, it has put us - happily put wales on the map and yeah, definitely, it has put us onl yeah, definitely, it has put us on the map— yeah, definitely, it has put us on the map and _ yeah, definitely, it has put us on the map and it— yeah, definitely, it has put us on the map and it is _ yeah, definitely, it has put us on the map and it is showing - yeah, definitely, it has put us on the map and it is showing us- yeah, definitely, it has put us onl the map and it is showing us what yeah, definitely, it has put us on i the map and it is showing us what a little mission — the map and it is showing us what a little mission to _ the map and it is showing us what a little mission to do. _ with the qatar world cup now just five days away, the fifa president has called for a ceasefire in ukraine for the duration of
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the month—long tournament. 6ianni infantino has addressed world leaders at the 620 summit in bali, and while admitting that football can't solve the world's problems, he insisted in comments before today's developments in the conflict that the world's leaders have the ability to influence the course of history. this particular world cup with 5 billion people watching it can be the trigger for the positive gesture. for a sign or a message of hope. my plea to all of you is to think on a temporary ceasefire for one month for the duration of the world cup or, at least, the implementation of some humanitarian corridors or anything that could lead to the resumption of dialogue as a first step to peace. it's been confirmed that craig richards is leaving his role as head coach of england women's rugby league team after they were knocked out of the world cup. richards broke down in tears during a press conference following the defeat to new zealand in their semifinal last night. he'd been in the job since 2017
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and the rfl say they'll replace him once the tournament is over. rory mcilroy says greg norman is standing in the way of any chance of liv golf and the sport's established tours ending the battle between the two, claiming he needs to "exit stage left". norman is the commissioner of the breakaway series and the world number one, who's in dubai for the final event of the dp world tour. he's been an outspoken voice against it. although mcilroy wants a solution, he understands there are ongoing legal issues that prevent that from happening immediately. there are a few things that need to happen on the liv side — 6reg needs to go. he has made his mark, but now time to go. no—one is going to talk unless there is an adult
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in the room that can actually try to mend fences. more on that and the rest of today's stories on the bbc sport website. before we go, just a reminder that coverage of the uk snooker championship continues acros the bbc. judd trump and xiao 6uodong, they have reached a deciding frame, 5—5 at the moment in york. that's the latest in that. and harry kane at the england captain has been speaking to the media after coming off the plane as england arrived in qatar, you will see that at 6:30. though counting still continues in the us midterm elections, attention is already turning to the next election cycle, that of the presidential race of 2024. and there is one place in particular that people are focussing on — donald trump's mar—a—lago club in palm beach, florida, where he is primed to make a "special announcement" as he called it, on tuesday night in the us. there is speculation that the former president may announce his intention to run for president again.
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but so far, the midterm results didn't give mr trump the springboard of success that he may have been hoping for. let's hearfrom washington — our correspondent david willis is there. david, just before we focus on donald trump, just remind us where we are with the mid—term elections. well, there are 16 seats in the house of representatives where the votes are still encountered. it appears that the republicans are a couple away, maybe as much as a handful away from what now seems an inevitable majority for them in the lower house. a number of results were announced overnight, and there are now about as i say, 16 or so that our outstanding before they are edging in on the 218 margin that they need in order to secure a
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majority in the lower house, and that will make life very much more difficult forjoe biden, for the second half of his term in office. it will mean that republicans are able to stymie his legislative agenda, and that they have promised to do, or potentially calling for inquiries into people such as president biden's son and his business activities, and stymie in the democrats' call for further military aid for ukraine. so, republicans looking to take the house of representatives, they failed to take the senate of course, and now all eyes are turning to this announcement late tonight from donald trump. it's not the sort of political background that he would want to be making his announcement in, is it? ., �*, ., �*
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in, is it? no, it's not. but there has been _ in, is it? no, it's not. but there has been fanfare _ in, is it? no, it's not. but there has been fanfare as _ in, is it? no, it's not. but there has been fanfare as if— in, is it? no, it's not. but there has been fanfare as if it's - in, is it? no, it's not. but there i has been fanfare as if it's anything to do with donald trump. indeed on his social network, he tweeted in the early hours of this morning, this is going to be one of the most important days in the history of our country. there have been people in the party who have urged him to put off this announcement. he was on the verge of making it on the eve of the mid—term elections at a rally in dayton, ohio. but greater minds prevail, you might say. he was talked down from that ambition and the compromise was that basically, he would make an announcement about an announcement, and that's what he did. trailing this announcement which is expected to be the launch of trump 2024 at a glittering ceremony at mar—a—lago tonight. but there are a lot of people in the party would have liked him to postpone that announcement still
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further because outstanding of course is the run—off in the senate seat of georgia, where a hand—picked donald trump candidate herschel walker is facing some pretty stiff opposition from his democratic opponent. opposition from his democratic o- ronent. ., ., opposition from his democratic o-ronent. ., . . ., . opponent. 0k, and that announcement beinr made opponent. 0k, and that announcement being made at — opponent. 0k, and that announcement being made at 2am _ opponent. 0k, and that announcement being made at 2am uk _ opponent. 0k, and that announcement being made at 2am uk time, _ opponent. ok, and that announcement being made at 2am uk time, for- opponent. 0k, and that announcement being made at 2am uk time, for those | being made at 2am uk time, for those who want to stay up! david, many thanks. two county councils are warning the government they could face "bankruptcy" unless they get urgent financial help. the leaders of kent and hampshire county councils say they need a fundamental change in the way things like adult and children's social care are funded. it comes amid speculation the government could allow councils to raise council tax significantly. councillor rob humby is the conservative leader of hampshire county council. he says his council is secure for the next two years — but will run out of money after that. we have been making savings over the last 10—12 years. we have taken nearly £640 million
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out of the budget. and we have seen some of the impact of that, a lot of thatis some of the impact of that, a lot of that is a reduction in staff as well that is a reduction in staff as well that we had across the county council. but we are in a position now where what we really need is a fundamental review of how local authorities are funded. it is not fit for purpose at the moment so we need to sit down and have talks with the government about how we can review and how we are funded. i can't say right now how that will affect every individual department, but clearly, the pressure is on aduu but clearly, the pressure is on adult and children's social care. the leader of hampshire county council. wages are rising but average pay in june to september is lagging behind the rising cost of living. pay in the rising cost of living. pay in the private sector rose by a record 6.6% in july the private sector rose by a record 6.6% injuly to september compared to the year before, but only by 2.2% in the public sector, according to figures released by the office for
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national statistics. after adjusting for inflation, pay fell overall by 2.7%, close to the biggest drop previously recorded. the figures also showed unemployment has risen slightly. our economic correspondent aaron duverne —— mike andy verity reports. across the country private employers like this environmentally friendly coffee chain are given the biggest pay rises in years. here they have boosted pay by 5% on their offering grants and loans to help staff cope with the soaring cost of living. i think going into this year, having registered with covid, it was really quite a nervous time. do i dare take metre readings cos that sort of thing. that sort of pay rise has just lightened the load a bit in midfield but were comfortable. lctrsl’ith midfield but were comfortable. with unemployment _ midfield but were comfortable. with unemployment at 3.6%, private sector wages are up by an average of 6.6% as business owners compete with each other to attract and retain staff they need. and of on top of higher energy bills and interest rates. irate
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energy bills and interest rates. we know how utilities have gone up, our bean costs _ know how utilities have gone up, our bean costs have gone up, wage inflation — bean costs have gone up, wage inflation as we are talking about now and — inflation as we are talking about now and all consumables have gone up. now and all consumables have gone up so— now and all consumables have gone up so that — now and all consumables have gone up. so that all into the mix and yes, _ up. so that all into the mix and yes, we — up. so that all into the mix and yes, we have some tricky decisions to make _ yes, we have some tricky decisions to make. , , ._ yes, we have some tricky decisions to make. , , , , to make. even the biggest pay rises in the ears are _ to make. even the biggest pay rises in the ears are not _ to make. even the biggest pay rises in the ears are not enough - to make. even the biggest pay rises in the ears are not enough to - to make. even the biggest pay rises in the ears are not enough to keep. in the ears are not enough to keep up in the ears are not enough to keep up with prices. after allowing for inflation it is one of the biggest fall in real income on record for the pay rises in the public sector averaged only a third of what they are in the private sector, closing the gap between public and private sector pay. this the gap between public and private sector -a. , . ., the gap between public and private sectora. , . ., sector pay. this particular problem now with inflation _ sector pay. this particular problem now with inflation above _ sector pay. this particular problem now with inflation above 1096, - sector pay. this particular problem | now with inflation above 1096, public now with inflation above 10%, public sector workers are falling further behind in real terms than their private—sector counterparts. teaching information technology and computing at this academy in south london, michael got a 5% rise, higher than many other publicity professionals, as schools compete to hire the skilled teachers they need. i see myself in a lot of those kids come and go up as a child who was
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eligible forfree school come and go up as a child who was eligible for free school meals, and i tried to be a teacher that i wish i tried to be a teacher that i wish i had. i do have people who have thought that they wanted to move into the private sector. if you want to see the best teachers coming into schools, then the pay needs to also reflect that. schools, then the pay needs to also reflect that-— reflect that. aggravating the recruitment _ reflect that. aggravating the recruitment crisis _ reflect that. aggravating the recruitment crisis in - reflect that. aggravating the recruitment crisis in both - reflect that. aggravating the i recruitment crisis in both public and private sector is a rise of half and private sector is a rise of half a million since 2019 in the number of people economically inactive, meaning neither working or looking for work because of long—term sickness. most of that increase has taken place since the pandemic struck. andy verity, bbc news. time for a look at the headlines. russian missiles strike of damaging residential buildings near the city centre. the prime minister admits the uk's image has been harmed in the global stage due to the economic fallout of the mini budget.
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an inquest finds the death of a two—year—old boy was directly linked to his exposure to mould in his home in rochdale. new research out suggest we may not be as serious about online security as we should be. in a list collated by password manager company nordpass, the uk's favourite password was revealed to be... password. 123456 came in second place. among others was liverpool and arsenal. i'm joined now by tech journalist tom wiggins. 6ood good afternoon. surprised by this or not at all? hot good afternoon. surprised by this or not at all? ., ., ., ., , not at all? not at all, really. i think it happens _ not at all? not at all, really. i think it happens quite - not at all? not at all, really. i think it happens quite a i not at all? not at all, really. i think it happens quite a lot, l not at all? not at all, really. i i think it happens quite a lot, people find that these very obvious passwords are used more than any others, really. it is passwords are used more than any others. really-— others, really. it is not that r-eole others, really. it is not that people are _ others, really. it is not that people are complacent, i others, really. it is not that people are complacent, is i others, really. it is not that i people are complacent, is it? others, really. it is not that - people are complacent, is it? more that it people are complacent, is it? more thatitis people are complacent, is it? more that it is just very hard to remember a load different passwords?
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yes, that's exactly right. there is a chance that some of these are used for people —— make useful websites people are not too worried about for security. but there are so many passwords people need to remember and some of them are very important like your internet banking. putting too much strain and responsibility on people, ensuring that passwords are actually kind of an out of date way of securing these things. so biometric data would be better? absolutely. something that cannot get hacked, really, that's the key. there is a new technology which is supposedly going to get rid of the need for passwords, it will be done more on biometrics and physical devices. it's not out there yet but it's on the way. it would put an end to problems like this and stop people being able to have their accounts hacked. brute
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people being able to have their accounts hacked.— people being able to have their accounts hacked. ~ . , , ., accounts hacked. we are witnessing a lot of traffic — accounts hacked. we are witnessing a lot of traffic to — accounts hacked. we are witnessing a lot of traffic to and _ accounts hacked. we are witnessing a lot of traffic to and from _ accounts hacked. we are witnessing a lot of traffic to and from twitter i lot of traffic to and from twitter at the moment, is passwords an issue there? , ., ,., there? yes, well, there are some chanres there? yes, well, there are some changes that _ there? yes, well, there are some changes that were _ there? yes, well, there are some changes that were made - there? yes, well, there are some changes that were made when i there? yes, well, there are some i changes that were made when elon musk took over at twitter and i believe one of them was to do with the 2—step verification, which is where you have a mobile phone, phone number or an where you have a mobile phone, phone number oran e—mail where you have a mobile phone, phone number or an e—mail address is ahead of second layer to prove that's who you are. people been trying to do that in the last day or so and have found they are either not getting the second factor message through it all or it's taking hours, which is of a say not great but also it shows that we need these things to back up passwords because they are not very secure and you end up with problems like this. 50. secure and you end up with problems like this. , , .,, ., like this. so, 'ust so people now, the to- like this. so, 'ust so people now, the top to — like this. so, just so people now, the top 20 passwords _ like this. so, just so people now, the top 20 passwords are - like this. so, just so people now, i the top 20 passwords are password, liverpool, cortie, arsenal,
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123456. .. liverpool, cortie, arsenal, 123456... i suppose, liverpool, cortie, arsenal, 123456... isuppose, these liverpool, cortie, arsenal, 123456... i suppose, these are the sorts of things that if you are trying to hack into someone account, that's the sort of thing he would come up with, isn't it, apart from maybe the football teams. i come up with, isn't it, apart from maybe the football teams. i think the issue with _ maybe the football teams. i think the issue with those, _ maybe the football teams. i think the issue with those, most i maybe the football teams. i think the issue with those, most of i maybe the football teams. i think the issue with those, most of the j the issue with those, most of the hacking that goes on is people just guessing are very popular, is done in a sophisticated way. anything thatis in a sophisticated way. anything that is easy to guess it's just going to get broken with no trouble at all. ~ ., at all. ok. we will leave it there, think about _ at all. ok. we will leave it there, think about -- — at all. ok. we will leave it there, think about -- my _ at all. ok. we will leave it there, think about -- my thank- at all. ok. we will leave it there, think about -- my thank you i at all. ok. we will leave it there, think about -- my thank you very think about —— my thank you very much indeed. michelle obama has spoken to the bbc about how she struggles with negative thoughts about her appearance. in her new book, the former us first lady also reveals how donald trump's victory — winning the us presidency — �*still hurts�*. she was speaking exclusively to naga munchetty. that's that point in time when you have to ask yourself, "was it worth it? did we make a dent?
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did it matter?" and when i'm in my darkest moment, right, my most irrational place, i could say, "well, maybe not. maybe we weren't good enough." the world has become more and more polarised, especially when it comes to politics. they seem divided and angry. what in your opinion is needed to bring people back together, to let them have agreeable disagreements? leadership matters, the voices at the top matter, if we continue to be susceptible to voices that want to lead by fear and division, we will follow suit. that is why government matters. democracy matters. voting matters. so i think it starts with having leadership that reflects the direction
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that we want to go in as a people. one of the biggest challenges you referred to when you talk about fear, you said the most anxious i have been in my life was when barack obama told me for the first time that he wanted to run for president of the united states. and it is strange that i could have altered the course of history with my fear. you could have said no. you know you had that option, and it would have stood. are you pleased you said yes? i am. i am. i think to take a moment to talk about the man that i love, i think that barack was a consequential leader. for so many young people, notjust in america but around the world, they grew up knowing only a black president and african—american family in the white house. they saw themselves in one of the most powerful positions on earth.
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if you just count that alone, not to mention all of his accomplishments from a policy perspective, it was absolutely worth taking that leap of faith. and michelle obama's book the light we carried is out today. now, a missing dog has handed herself into a police station after getting lost out on a walk. rosie, the border collie, became separated from her owner after being upset by a firework. a cctv camera captured the moment she walked through the automatic doors at loughborough police station. phil mackie has been on her trail. if only all missing persons inquiries ended as easily as this. rosie the border collie hadn't been gone long, but her owner was already getting anxious. today, the only hazard on steve harper's walk with rosie was the rain, but on november 4th, it was fireworks. they had come to her favourite park, there were a series of loud bangs and rosie ran off. after a frantic search,
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steve's wife rang to say rosie had handed herself in at the nearby police station. she was calm once she'd gone in. once she was inside, she wasn't frightened of the bangs, so she just sat down calmly. i've seen that on the cctv clip. she just sat down waiting? that's right, just sat down waiting. why did she go to the police station, i wonder? well... ..probably because it was somewhere safe, really. on duty that night was fiona lacey, happily reunited with rosie this morning. hi! you get all kinds wandering into a police station. do you often get a dog wandering in? no! it's the first time i've seen a dog wander in that's lost. and she's become very famous. the whole thing has gone crazy, hasn't it? it has, it has, and what a lovely dog she is as well. rosie is happy, and her story has had a paw—fect ending. phil mackie, bbc news, loughborough.
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england have just landed in england havejust landed in qatar for this year's world cup. the 26 player squad has made its way to the hotel and will start acclimatising to the warm weather ahead of the tournament opener against iran on monday. obviously it is stranger than usual, we are going to be playing in about five or six days, excitement is building amongst everyone. really happy to be here and looking forward to being on the training pitch tomorrow. to being on the training pitch tomorrow— to being on the training pitch tomorrow. ., ., tomorrow. underway to go until the first game. — tomorrow. underway to go until the first game. how _ tomorrow. underway to go until the first game, how difficult _ tomorrow. underway to go until the first game, how difficult will - tomorrow. underway to go until the first game, how difficult will it i tomorrow. underway to go until the first game, how difficult will it be i first game, how difficult will it be to prepare for that? i first game, how difficult will it be to prepare for that?— to prepare for that? i think it be ok. obviously _ to prepare for that? i think it be ok. obviously a _ to prepare for that? i think it be ok. obviously a major - to prepare for that? i think it be i ok. obviously a major tournament is a bit different but i think the mentality of the squad in the squad we have will adapt well and that's what we will have to do. fine we have will adapt well and that's what we will have to do. one step away from — what we will have to do. one step away from the _ what we will have to do. one step away from the final, _ what we will have to do. one step away from the final, how - what we will have to do. one step away from the final, how much i what we will have to do. one step| away from the final, how much are you looking forward to have the opportunity to go a step further? russia was one of the best moments in my career, really enjoyed the
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whole experience, it was gutting to fall short of course but this is another opportunity for us, we've been training well in major tournaments so hopefully we can do it in this one. tournaments so hopefully we can do it in this one-— it in this one. harry kane speaking as they landed _ it in this one. harry kane speaking as they landed in _ it in this one. harry kane speaking as they landed in doha. _ now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith—lucas. hello. big puddles, not as bad as those, but is he the dog looks like she is enjoying splashing in worcestershire early on tuesday. we have had some shower cloud overhead, most of it will be clearing away overnight so a dry day for some of us on wednesday, but it does state and settled over the next few days, still blustery, more rain around at times. there is the front that brought all the persistent rain on tuesday clearing away. what we have now is low pressure in the north—west, showers rotating around that area.
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overnight, we will see the rain lingering across northern and eastern scotland particularly for the northern isles where it will be windy. clear spells elsewhere off. still plenty of showers around the irish sea, through the english channel as well, there could be some thunderstorms with some of the heavy downpours. a touch of frost possible for parts of central scotland into the north—east of england but most of us frost free first thing wednesday. it will be a drier day than we saw on tuesday, quite a bit of centring around, heavy showers for southern england, the of thunder, but should fade a time. more wet and windy weather arrives from the south—west later in the day. temperatures in summer between nine to about 14 sources, not as warm as it was over the past couple of days and it will be windy particularly up towards the northern isles, gusts close to 60 mph, but the winds are picking up again towards the south—west, 14 or 15 must brag us here. that is associated with this area of low pressures of low pressure so the wind and rain drive slowly for the north and east across england and
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wales as we move through wednesday evening. overnight, into thursday, the area of low pressure drifts further northwards so i think we will be seeing a speller blustery and showery weather for a time. probably quite a lot of drier weatherfor northern probably quite a lot of drier weather for northern ireland, perhaps for south some drier weather too but heavy on blustery showers through the english channel and the brisk south—easterly winds driving into scotland, bringing persistent rain. could be some flooding issues for aberdeenshire for instance. top temperatures around ten to 13 celsius. fairly typicalfor temperatures around ten to 13 celsius. fairly typical for the time of year. it looks like things will turn a touch cooler on friday into saturday at some drier weather, some sunshine around, the weather will then turn more and settled once again from the west late on saturday and through sunday too.
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today at 6pm... the two—year—old boy who died after living in a flat in greater manchester covered in mould. a covered in mould. coroner ruled that the death of awaab a coroner ruled that the death of awaab ishak was directly connected to conditions inside the family's flat in rochdale. the solicitor said the landlord did nothing about it. we were anxious and fearful of what the mould was doing to awaab. whenever friends would come and visit, they would tell us that the conditions that rochdale boroughwide housing were keeping us in were not right. downing street says the circumstances which led to his death were unacceptable. also on the programme: russia launches one of its biggest barrages of missiles at cities across ukraine — half of the capital kyiv now has no power. wages rise at their fastest rate
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for more than 20 years but the soaring cost of living means most people's pay actually fell.

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