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this is bbc news, i'm sally bundock — with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a bbc investigation uncovers evidence that twitter is no longer able to protect users from trolling — following changes under elon musk. why are these accounts that are bullying and harassing people still allowed on the platform? i would like him to read some of the messages that i have been sent. gunfire clashes between greek police and protesters — angry at last week's fatal train crash. translation: the government needs to change the way - they think. they need to start caring about our lives. this must never happen again.
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a major crackdown on migrants crossing the channel in small boats. the uk government is planning to ban them for life — from returning to the uk. we have a special report from the seychelles — the country with the biggest heroin problem in the world. after a century, perfectly preserved at the bottom of the antarctic ocean — lloyds of london locate the insurance policy for shackleton�*s ship the endurance. and — it's already won four baftas and been nominated for nine oscars. the team behind the irish comedy "the banshees of inishiren" have been speaking to the bbc. to feel it and then said go out onto the world and received by all sorts of, you know, the corners of the globe, pretty surprising and cool.
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a very warm welcome to the programme. are you a twitter user? if programme. are you a twitter user? , ., . , programme. are you a twitter user? , ., ., , , current and former staff at twitter have told the bbc�*s panorama programme that the company is no longer able to protect users from online abuse, following mass sackings and changes under owner elon musk. exclusive academic research, and testimony from twitter users, supports their claims, suggesting abuse is thriving under mr musk�*s leadership. our social media and disinformation correspondent marianna spring reports. with more than 350 million users, twitter�*s often described as the town square of the internet. but since elon musk took over last october, the company's been in chaos. the personal abuse i receive on twitter has tripled. so i headed to san francisco to look for answers. twitter used to have
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around 7,500 employees. now, at least half of them have been fired or chosen to leave, including lisa jennings young. she worked on features designed to protect users like me from online hate. thanks so much for having us. it was not at all perfect, but we were trying and we were making things better. one of these protective measures was a nudge function, to scan tweets and ask users if they wanted to reconsider posting something potentially abusive. twitter�*s own research, seen by the bbc, appears to show the nudge and other safety tools being effective. so overall, 60% of users deleted or edited their reply when given a chance via the nudge. is it still happening? is there anyone working on it? no. there's no—one there to work on that at this time. the nudge does still exist. but when lisa and i tried it out, it appeared to be working less consistently. no nudge. 0ne engineer still working at twitter agreed to speak anonymously about what's been unfolding on the inside. it's like a building where all the pieces
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are on fire. when you look at it from the outside, the facade looks fine, but i can see that nothing is working. like others i spoke to, he said it's been difficult to maintain features intended to protect twitter users from trolling and harassment. people like ellie wilson. while at university in glasgow, she was raped. she started sharing her experience as a survivor on social media last summer. but when she tweeted about her attacker injanuary — after the takeover — she received dozens of abusive replies. the trolls' accounts targeting her had become more active since the takeover. some were newly created, or appeared to have been reinstated after musk�*s amnesty on previously banned accounts. what would you say to elon musk if you had the opportunity?
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i would ask — why are these accounts that are bullying and harassing people still allowed on the platform? i would like him to read some of the messages that i've been sent and tell me why those accounts are still allowed to be on twitter. musk has used votes on twitter to make decisions about its future. these polls have no statistical value, but having contacted him every way possible, i used one to try to catch his attention. over 40,000 twitter users voted and 89% of them said they'd like elon musk to do an interview with me. neither twitter nor musk have responded to the points raised in this investigation. twitter says defending and respecting the users' voice remains one of its core values. but the users i've spoken to are left with questions. marianna spring, bbc news. the prime minister of greece, kyriakos mitsotakis, has asked for forgiveness from the families of 57 people who died in a rail crash on tuesday. he said it should not have been possible for two trains heading in different directions to run on the same line without anyone noticing.
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thousands of protesters, including striking rail workers, have again clashed with police. they blame the collision on government neglect. sofia bettiza reports. there's an outcry in greece. for the third day in a row, people have been protesting all over the country. this is a sign that anger is pulsing across greece and the systemic failings of that allowed this disaster to happen. on 28 february, a passenger train and freight train that were travelling in opposite directions ended up on the same track. 57 people were killed, mainly students. on sunday, hundreds of balloons were released in the sky above syntagma square in athens
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to honour their memory. later that day a stationmaster appeared in court. he was charged with manslaughter by negligence. his lawyer said he's admitted to having a share of responsibility in the accident. and the prime minister, kyriakos mitsotakis, apologised to the bereaved families on facebook. ..he wrote. he promised a fast investigation. but many feel that's too little, too late. the crash has brought into sharp focus years translation: despite | the continuous warnings of the railway workers, those responsible were indifferent to our requests over the safety systems and that is what led to this traffic accident. translation: the government needs to change the way - they think.
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they need to start caring about our lives. this must never happen again. we shouldn't be afraid to take our children in the metro and in trains. this is rapidly becoming a defining issue in the next greek general election, which could be just weeks away. sofia bettiza, bbc news. here in the uk... the government's planning a major new crackdown of migrants who cross the channel in small boats — by banning them for life from returning to the uk. the measure will be part of a bill to be introduced on tuesday — and there will be only some narrow exemptions. refugees groups say the scheme's unworkable and will leave thousands of people in limbo. our political correspondent helen catt has the story. small boats like these brought more than 16,000 migrants into the uk last year. an unfair and immoral trade, according to the prime minister, which he has personally promised to stop. it
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is not cruel or unkind to want to break the stranglehold of criminal gangs who trade in human misery and who exploit our system and laws. enough is enough. our system and laws. enough is enou:h. ., ., , enough. proposed new laws will be unveiled _ enough. proposed new laws will be unveiled tomorrow— enough. proposed new laws will be unveiled tomorrow to - enough. proposed new laws will be unveiled tomorrow to stop i be unveiled tomorrow to stop people who come to the uk through illegal routes from being able to claim asylum. instead they will be detained and removed according to the home secretary. the government will also announce tomorrow that once they are removed they will be banned for life from the uk and barred from ever applying for british citizenship. element�*s flagship plan to send them to rwanda and some have doubts about the new situation. it some have doubts about the new situation. , , ., , ., situation. it seems as though the are situation. it seems as though they are not _ situation. it seems as though they are not providing - situation. it seems as though they are not providing a - situation. it seems as though they are not providing a clearj they are not providing a clear plan is to how things are going to work. it is not really workable in terms of the wording so far, so the devil
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will be in the detail, especially in relation to where it says we're going to remove people to rwanda or other countries. that's quite problematic because we don't agreements to return people to another country. the agreements to return people to another country.— another country. the refugee council claims _ another country. the refugee council claims it _ another country. the refugee council claims it would - another country. the refugee council claims it would lead . another country. the refugee | council claims it would lead to tens of thousands of refugees who would have been granted asylum in the uk and locked up in detention. working with france to tackle crossings is also considered vital by the government stop the prime minister is due to meet the french president manuel macron on friday for his pledge to stop the boats. this could be a pivotal week. stop the boats. this could be a pivotalweek. helen stop the boats. this could be a pivotal week. helen catt, stop the boats. this could be a pivotalweek. helen catt, bbc news. the seychelles is known as a tropical paradise with a multi—million—dollar tourist industry, but the country has the biggest heroin problem in the world. around 10% of the local population is dependent on the drug. heroin is brought in on well—known smuggling routes from asia to europe and africa. the seychelles government has launched a war on drugs —
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but the country is made up of more than 100 islands, making its borders difficult to police. joseph fady banane is a former heroin user a support worker. he's given bbc africa eye rare access to his community. seychelles, we have a reputation for sensory hotels and luxury living. behind every corner, this is the reality. just off the main street, i meet a young guy i know. i used to take heroin with his mum when he was still a little kid but now he is all grown up with his own habit to support. his brother also uses. it's very common to see dependency passed from parent to child.
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around one in ten people are trapped in this cycle of dependency. fist trapped in this cycle of dependency.— trapped in this cycle of dependency. trapped in this cycle of deenden . �* , dependency. at this point in time, dependency. at this point in time. per — dependency. at this point in time, per capita, _ dependency. at this point in time, per capita, as - dependency. at this point in time, per capita, as far - dependency. at this point in time, per capita, as far as i time, per capita, as faras consumption of heroin is concerned, chl 's is number one in the _ concerned, chl 's is number one in the world _ concerned, chl 's is number one in the world and this is not a statistic_ in the world and this is not a statistic that gives me personally great pleasure —— seychelles. it personally great pleasure -- seychelles-_ seychelles. it is estimated that two tons _ seychelles. it is estimated that two tons of _ seychelles. it is estimated that two tons of heroin - seychelles. it is estimated that two tons of heroin is i that two tons of heroin is trafficked into the crew every year. most of it comes from afghanistan via iran. smugglers are bringing it in a boat and with more thani million are bringing it in a boat and with more than i million square kilometres of territorial waters, they have easy access. tried to spot a small boat, it
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is difficult. in 2020, the government claimed a war on drugs. foreign police have been brought in but officers have to be searched regularly because drug—related corruption is rife. rehabilitation is a key part of the fight against substance abuse that in recent years, rehabilitation centres have been closed. looking at the state of the building... it's really sad. this place could have saved lives of a lot of people. on the other side of the island is the hospital where i recovered. coming here saved my life. now it's deserted. this was my bed. this was my bed. i remember how tough it was when i first walked in, i'm sitting here,
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i'm off heroin stop trust me, it's a feeling, i can't even express. it does make too much. it's too much. it's too much. the president has promised to build a new rehab centre but i worry about how many people will be lost before this promise can be fulfilled. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: ahead of next sunday's oscars, we speak to the stars behind the irish comedy "the banshees of inishiren". the numbers of dead and wounded defied belief. this the worst terrorist atrocity on european soil in modern times. in less than 24 hours then, the soviet union lost an elderly sick leader and replaced him with a dynamic figure 20 years his junior.
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we heard these gunshots in the gym _ then he came outj through a fire exit and started firing at our huts. god, we were all petrified. james earl ray, aged ai, sentenced to 99 years and due for parole when he's 90, travelled from memphis jail to nashville state prison in an eight—car convoy. paul, what's it feel like to be married at last? it feels fine, thank you. what are you going to do now? is it going to change your life much, do you think? i don't know, really — _ i've never been married before. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: a bbc investigation uncovers evidence that twitter is no longer able to protect users from trolling, following changes
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under elon musk. there have been clashes between greek police and protesters angry at last week's fatal train crash. the prime minister has asked for forgiveness. a year ago, one of the most famous ships of all time, sir ernest shackleton�*s �*endurance', was discovered perfectly preserved, at the bottom of the sea in antarctica. since then, experts searching for the ship's insurance policy have found the document and say it holds the key to future conservation plans. as our science editor rebecca morelle reports. it was the shipwreck they thought would never be found but one year ago sir ernest shackleton�*s lost ship, endurance was discovered. life 3000 metres down in the antarctic deep. almost perfectly preserved. frozen in time. this remarkable find is
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that the expedition team off on another quest. this time at lloyds insurers in the city of london. whenever a larger ship is lost to the sea it is recorded in pen and ink in a loss. a tradition that still happens today it goes back to 1774 happens today it goes back to 177a and the hope was that they would find the ship. we have come to where the archives are stored. there are 140 loss books going back hundreds of years. endurance sank in november 1915 so you would expect the record to be in this loss book here for 1915. but the news of the sinking in antarctica took a while to reach london and in fact the record has been discovered in this book here, june 1916. find this book here, june 1916. and this book here, june 1916. and this is the _ this book here, june 1916. and this is the loss _ this book here, june 1916. and this is the loss book. - this book here, june 1916. and this is the loss book. john - this book here, june 1916. and this is the loss book. john she | this is the loss book. john she is to discovered _ this is the loss book. john she is to discovered endurance - this is the loss book. john she is to discovered endurance in l is to discovered endurance in antarctica has brought ernest
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shackleton�*s granddaughter to see the record. this shackleton's granddaughter to see the record.— see the record. as you can see- -- _ see the record. as you can see- -- - — see the record. as you can see... . amazing. - see the record. as you can | see... . amazing. endura's, british, _ see... . amazing. endura's, british, crushed _ see... . amazing. endura's, british, crushed by - see... . amazing. endura's, british, crushed by ice. - see... . amazing. endura's, i british, crushed by ice. these were the final moments of endurance. captivating footage captured and released by the bfi. we know from shackleton's diary that the ship sank beneath the ice in 1915. it took the crew six months and a track of hundreds of miles to get to safety are incredibly they all survived so shackleton was on —— only able to send a telegram between newspaper in london at the end of may 1916. your grandfather sent a report on may 31 from the falklands. as reported by the chronicle in the late addition on the first, the late addition on the first, the ship was the first ship to be insured at lloyds. she was one of the strongest wooden ships ever built so lloyds actually thought that she was a
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very good risk. actually thought that she was a very good risk-— very good risk. shackleton was aid very good risk. shackleton was paid £15,000 _ very good risk. shackleton was paid £15,000 by _ very good risk. shackleton was paid £15,000 by the _ very good risk. shackleton was paid £15,000 by the insurers l paid £15,000 by the insurers weeks after the loss book entry was made. in today's money that is more than £1 million. so what will happen now to the wreck? i what will happen now to the wreck? ~ , , ., , wreck? i think she should be left where — wreck? i think she should be left where she _ wreck? i think she should be left where she is. _ wreck? i think she should be left where she is. it - wreck? i think she should be left where she is. it is - left where she is. it is miraculous she still exists in the beautiful form that she is. she should be left there. the ship will be left for now, resting in the darkness of this remote corner of the world. her stories and discoveries will keep on coming. time now for all the sports news. hello i'm tulsen tollett and this is your sports news where we start with football and liverpool thumped manchester united 7—0 at anfield in the premier league on sunday. six of the goals came after the half time interval with mohamad salah scoring two of them to become liverpool's highest scorer in the premier league surpassing robbie fowler's 128. it moves liverpool to within three points of fourth placed tottenham, while united are third still 14 points adrift of leaders arsenal.
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it sounds like a day from another season. it sounds like a day from anotherseason. it it sounds like a day from another season. it does not really fit in this season so far. even better in the moment because it is incredibly porton for us. we need results in performances and tonight we got both. a super performance from the start stop from the start. we know the result is a freak but the performance was outstanding and that is what i take. it was not our standards. we did not— it was not our standards. we did not play as a team. we may have _ did not play as a team. we may have had — did not play as a team. we may have had it _ did not play as a team. we may have had 11 players on the pitch _ have had 11 players on the pitch but they did not work together and it was unprofessional. we have to take this as _ unprofessional. we have to take this as a — unprofessional. we have to take this as a strong message and we have _ this as a strong message and we have to — this as a strong message and we have to do — this as a strong message and we have to do overthink this and what — have to do overthink this and what happened, exactly and take our lessons.
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in women's football arsenal fought back to beat chelsea 3—1 in the english league cup final and win their first trophy in four years — while bayern munich beat werder bremen 2—0 in the latest action of the women's bundesliga in germany to move to within two points of the top of the table. lea schuller and maximiliane rall scored for bayern who now sit second, two points behind leaders wolfsburg. max verstappen made the perfect start to the defence of his formula 1 title, with a dominant victory at the bahrain grand prix. the dutchman started from pole and quickly built up a lead. he took the chequered flag almost 12 seconds ahead of his red bull team mate sergio perez. fernando alonso was the big surprise of the race, claiming the final spot on the podium on his first appearance for aston martin. kurt kitayama overcame a triple bogey on the 9th hole to win the arnold palmer invitational for his first pga tour victory on sunday. the 30—year—old californian had been runner up three times
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on the pga tour before this as he held on to his one shot lead he had coming into the final round, keeping at bay the likes of scottie scheffler and rory mcilroy. in the nba — kevin durant scored 37 points, including the tiebreaking jumper with 11 seconds to go, to lift the phoenix suns to a 130—126 victory over the dallas mavericks on sunday. it was the first meeting between durant and dallas' kyrie irving since they were traded by brooklyn before the deadline last month. durant put phoenix in front nearing the home stretch which takes him to 3 wins in a row sincejoining the suns and although luca doncic tried his best late on it wasn't enough and the suns held on. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the team that's your sports news for now.
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thank you to you and the team. it's already won four baftas and it's been nominated for no less than nine oscars. the banshees of inishiren is the irish movie taking the awards season by storm. sophie long has been talking with some of the stars behind the dark comedy. ifi if i have done something to you, just tell me what i have done. ., ., .,., , done. you did not do anything. i 'ust done. you did not do anything. ijust don't _ done. you did not do anything. ijust don't like _ done. you did not do anything. i just don't like you _ done. you did not do anything. i just don't like you know- ijust don't like you know more _ ijust don't like you know more. a , , ijust don't like you know more. , , ., , more. the banshees of inishiren focuses on _ more. the banshees of inishiren focuses on an — more. the banshees of inishiren focuses on an intensely - more. the banshees of inishiren focuses on an intensely local- focuses on an intensely local conflict between two men when one unilaterally declares an end to theirfriendship. one unilaterally declares an end to their friendship. but it has resonated around the world. globally and universally will go through much the same thing so to feel it is colloquial and then see it go out into the world and said received by people from all sorts of corners of the globe that we share has been pretty surprising and cool. what is the best bit _ surprising and cool. what is the best bit about - surprising and cool. what is the best bit about being - the best bit about being nominated for an oscar for you?
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just that they cannot take it away. it is. you're part of the history of the cinematic world in a way that i wanted to contribute to it. yeah. mad. did not see _ contribute to it. yeah. mad. did not see it _ contribute to it. yeah. mad. did not see it coming. - contribute to it. yeah. mad. did not see it coming. i - did not see it coming. reserve did not see it coming. i reserve the right to say i did not see it coming and i mean it. it not see it coming and i mean it. , ., ., it. it is one of the most shocking _ it. it is one of the most shocking surprises - it. it is one of the most shocking surprises i - it. it is one of the most i shocking surprises i have it. it is one of the most - shocking surprises i have had in 25— shocking surprises i have had in 25 years of being an actor, how— in 25 years of being an actor, how this _ in 25 years of being an actor, how this film is being received.— how this film is being received. , . , ., received. the picturesque and -rofane received. the picturesque and profane interval _ received. the picturesque and profane interval mingle - received. the picturesque and profane interval mingle as - profane interval mingle as complexities of life and friendship are explored through brutal dark comedy earning the banshees of inishiren no less than nine oscar nominations. latte than nine oscar nominations. we have not been growing. i don't have not been growing. idon't think— have not been growing. i don't think we — have not been growing. i don't think we have been growing. sit think we have been growing. somewhere think we have been growing. 5 t somewhere else. think we have been growing. sit somewhere else. what? -
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to come. all the top business stories and we are looking at the chinese economy and the outlook for china which means the outlook for the global economy as well as the other top business news. i will see you in a moment. hello. after a grey weekend, more of you will see a little bit of sunshine in the days ahead, but it'll come at a price — it's going to turn much colder out there and, for some, distinctly wintry. risk of some disruptive snowfall across north and east of scotland on monday and by tuesday, that extends into the north—east of england, too. sudden reductions of visibility and the snow could be mounting up in areas. those at greatest risk marked here. up to 20cm of snow in the far north of scotland but there could be the odd flurry elsewhere. and it all begins now. this weather front is bringing about the change, opening the door to those arctic winds, pushing into northern scotland for the start of monday, frequent snow showers around. a dividing line is there across into northern ireland and northern parts of england first thing. rain or drizzle, lots of cloud on that, turning to sleet and snow on its back edge as it works its way southwards
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but with some sunshine. frequent snow showers in northern scotland. temperatures dropping — barely above freezing by the end of the day. but through wales, the midlands, southern england, it's as you were — temperatures similar to the weekend, plenty of cloud, just one or two sunny breaks. here into the evening, though, we'll see some outbreaks of rain just as our weather front drifts its way south. there could be some sleet and snow for a time, notjust on the hills. in its wake, icy conditions for tuesday morning as temperatures drop quite widely. widespread frost away from the south and frequent snow showers the north coast of northern ireland, far north of scotland and down through some eastern counties of england. odd one elsewhere can't be ruled out but a cold day for all. this is what it will feel like — sub—zero for many through the bulk of the day. and what will follow will be a particularly chilly night. temperatures into minus double digits as we go into wednesday morning where the snow is lying across parts of northern scotland. from there on, though, it gets a bit complicated because we've got atlantic air trying to work its way back, fighting against that arctic air. 0n the northern edge of that, we could see some snow and that's dependent
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on wriggles of weather fronts and pushing in areas of low pressure. certainly for wednesday, there is a chance we could see some snow across southernmost counties of england if that weather front gets close by, easing through the day before returning into the night towards the south—west. many, though, further north will see some dry and sunny weather continue. it will still be cold. but then, through the end of the week, it's just how quickly that boundary pushes northwards. there is a potential, particularly through friday into the weekend, of some more disruptive snowfall before things turn milder and wetter across the south. take care.
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this is bbc news with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. china aims to grow its economy by 5% this year — its lowest target for more than three decades — as it looks to bounce back from the pandemic blues. foxconn considers swapping china for india. according to reports, the company behind apple's iphones is about to go on a huge hiring spree in southern india. are you struggling to find your five a day? the co—founder of leon blames a weird supermarket culture for the uk's veg shortage. and double trouble! we'll tell you about the twins who plan to mix it with the heavyweights, by shaking—up the uk's premium drinks industry.

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