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this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm clive. our top stories? one month after the devastating earthquakes that killed more than 50 thousand people in turkey and syria — many are still living without proper shelter. you can't deal with devastation on a scale like this in days or even weeks. the impact of this will be felt by people here in southern turkey for years. former colleagues of uk deputy prime minister, dominic raab, have spoken to the bbc about their experience of working with him, as an inquiry into bullying claims reaches its final stages. he would frequently humiliate members of his private office. at a flick of a switch he could turn incredibly angry and pretty offensive.
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former met police officer, wayne couzens, serving life for murdering sarah everard, has now been sentenced to 19 months in prison, for indecent exposure. police in south wales searching for five people have found three dead and two seriously injured, two days after they went missing following a night out. 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. it's a month now since the earthquakes which killed more than 50,000 people across turkey and syria.
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many families still coming the rubble for loved ones. anywhere from 150,000 to 200,000 buildings collapsed, and more than 850,000 children remained displaced. attendance and railway carriages and other temporary shelters for hundreds of thousands of people. 0ur corrrespondent, anna foster, who's been covering the tragedy from the beginning. she reports now from antakya in southern turkey. these trains haven't left the station for a month. they're homes instead now, to earthquake survivors. yilmaz and five of his family live in this carriage. they sleep on the seats, the few possessions they have around them. translation: they wanted to provide tents to us, but i refused. _ afad — the turkish disaster management agency — says around 2 million people have left the quake zone altogether.
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1.5 million more are still here, and struggling. there's anger too, that so many buildings were allowed to have design features that struggled to withstand an earthquake. more than 160,000 either collapsed or were badly damaged. and it wasn'tjust the old ones. this is a well—to—do area. it's close to the park and there are lots of modern buildings. all of them should have stayed up. but look, this one is so new that you can still see the stickers in the glass on the top floor. nobody had even moved in there yet, and yet it has still toppled to the ground. the scale of the task ahead is enormous. there isn't enough mechanical equipment in the country to clear the rubble quickly. so places like iskenderun�*s collapsed hospital wing stay as they are. personal medical notes litter the ruins.
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there are smashed pieces of equipment and medicines lying on the floor. it's a moment frozen in time. people across southern turkey simply don't know how long they'll be living like this for. some, like muzeyyen, want to stay as close to home as they can. she's sleeping in a tent right outside her damaged house. translation: my valuable articles are in there. - thieves are roaming around. the police are barely keeping them away. lots of thieves. how can i leave here? sprawling tented camps are the new towns. big promises have been made for a programme of permanent rebuilding. but it won't happen quickly. anna foster, bbc news, antakya. let's cross to aleppo in syria now
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and speak to father tony o'riordan from thejesuit refugee service. you are on the ground helping the relief effort. it's good to see you and thank indeed forjoining us. one month on, four weeks from these appalling earthquakes, how would you sum up the situation where you are? the situation is hellish. the earthquake hasn't fully settled the act, even as recent as last night, just before midnight, we had a significant tremor and the last four weeks we have had a number of tremor is that to me not to have caused the physical damage of the earthquakes on the first day one month ago, but it causes immense panic and the revisiting of the fear. so this is a city on edge. it compounds where
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people no hunger on a daily basis. they know extreme poverty on a daily basis. they know darkness on a daily basis. they know darkness on a daily basis because they perhaps are one or two hours of electricity or may no electricity. the further complication of the earthquake is that thousands of people are homeless, so the situation is quite grave. homeless, so the situation is quite rave. ., , ., . ~ homeless, so the situation is quite rave. ., , ., ., ~ ., , grave. lots of talk at the beginning ofthe grave. lots of talk at the beginning of the tragedy. _ grave. lots of talk at the beginning of the tragedy, for _ grave. lots of talk at the beginning of the tragedy, for weeks - grave. lots of talk at the beginning of the tragedy, for weeks on, - of the tragedy, for weeks on, suggesting that it wasn't getting in because of the situation on the ground concerning the civil war there in northern syria. what is the scale of the international effort now? ~ ., now? well, in the government controlled _ now? well, in the government controlled area _ now? well, in the government controlled area where - now? well, in the government controlled area where aleppo l now? well, in the government| controlled area where aleppo is now? well, in the government. controlled area where aleppo is in the regions around aleppo, aid is
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reaching people in need. it is perhaps just not reaching people fast enough or in the quantity that they need. and also the link between age and moving people out of the emergency situation, this also needs to be addressed in a rapid way. that requires more response from the international community to be free international community to be free in its approach to syria. syria is approaching 12 years of war and conflict in the aftermath of the war. and there is no progress on this, so right now there is an immediate response required in terms of the emergency aid, but it needs to transform into the memory of the situation here in syria and the urgent attention because it's grotesque, the situation that syria is left in for the last number of years in the deteriorating situation of the population. h0???
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years in the deteriorating situation of the population.— years in the deteriorating situation of the population. how much help is actually needed _ of the population. how much help is actually needed now? _ of the population. how much help is actually needed now? there - of the population. how much help is actually needed now? there is - of the population. how much help is actually needed now? there is huge j actually needed now? there is huge amounts of — actually needed now? there is huge amounts of food _ actually needed now? there is huge amounts of food aid _ actually needed now? there is huge amounts of food aid required. - actually needed now? there is huge j amounts of food aid required. there is shelter, medical assistance required and thankfully as a small organisation, we are delivering some of that, but today we delivered food boxes which will last hopefully about a month and we will look into this in the next couple of weeks. but this needs to go on for many months and it needs to transform to a situation into which people can be self—sustaining and not relying on aid. self-sustaining and not relying on aid. ~ ., self-sustaining and not relying on aid. ~ . . . , self-sustaining and not relying on aid. ., ..y ., aid. we are clearly moving, beginning _ aid. we are clearly moving, beginning to _ aid. we are clearly moving, beginning to move - aid. we are clearly moving, beginning to move now - aid. we are clearly moving, beginning to move now one aid. we are clearly moving, - beginning to move now one month aid. we are clearly moving, _ beginning to move now one month on from an emergency response to my longer—term planning in terms of trying to deal with the rebuilding and so on. how do you think the international community and local people on the ground are going to be able to move to that new phase?
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well, i think one of the great barriers apart from the responding to the physical needs and reconstruction of aleppo and syria. in most of the reconstruction is not a result of the earthquake, it is a result of the huge damage done to infrastructure and homes because of 12 years of war. factory construction project needs to commence. can only happen when the situation of syria is resolved and we need to have a debate about sanctions and a debate about the approach to the syrian crisis that is leading to a grinding poverty and deteriorating situation for the population. so to get syria back on its feet, it needs aid right now but it needs a longer—term response where the international community need to show priority and energy to
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find a durable solution to the situation. find a durable solution to the situation-— find a durable solution to the situation. , situation. 0k, we believe it there. from the jesuit _ situation. 0k, we believe it there. from the jesuit refugee _ situation. 0k, we believe it there. from the jesuit refugee service, l from thejesuit refugee service, thank you very much indeed for joining us here on bbc news. the metropolitan police has apologised to the victims of wayne couzens after the former officer was sentenced to 19 months in prison for exposing himself on three occasions. he is already serving a life sentence for the kidnap, rape and murder of 33—year—old sarah everard. the court heard that in the weeks leading up to the attack on sarah everard, he committed at least three counts of indecent exposure, including while he was on duty. the sentence reflects the awful impact of these crimes committed by wayne couzens on his victims and those of us who have heard the victim impact statements at court, it is clear that he traumatised them. it is their courage which has led to him being brought tojustice. i'm really sorry for all
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they have had to go through. like many, i wish that wayne couzens had been arrested for these offences, before he went on to rape and murder sarah everard, and for that i am sorry. our correspondent, helena wilkinson is at the old bailey. the police they are clearly making the link, suggesting that that they had acted more swiftly following the allegations of indecent exposure, then perhaps things might have turned out differently later on. yes, and another apology from the metropolitan police. we have seen and heard in court today about the escalating offending by wayne cousins in the months before he kidnapped, raped and murdered sarah everard, the third incident, the incident of indecent exposure at the
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mcdonald's drive—through restaurant, two at that restaurant, the second one, the registration number plate of the car that he was driving was handed over to the police, but nothing was done about that to link back to car with couzens, who was a serving metropolitan police officer. in terms of the victim personal statements, today has been about the victims in court. three of them provided those statements to the court, and let mejust touch provided those statements to the court, and let me just touch on one of them. a member of staff at the mcdonald's was serving couzens and he indecently exposed himself to her. she broke down in tears and the witness box today when she read her statement. she said i had no contact, no one contacted me or asked for a statement. it was only after sarah everard's murder that i became involved. if he, couzens, had been held accountable when we had reported the crime, we could have
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saved sarah. so there was a lot of mention of sarah everard, quite naturally in court today. and we heard from the judge and her sentencing remarks, mrsjustice mae who pays the victims who came forward to report the crimes. mi forward to report the crimes. all have spoken of a sense of freedom and security taken from them of feelings— and security taken from them of feelings honourable and fearful for themselves and others going about their ordinary lives. one woman after_ their ordinary lives. one woman after discovering who had done this and what _ after discovering who had done this and what he had gone on to do speaks of a wholly— and what he had gone on to do speaks of a wholly understandable sense of survivors _ of a wholly understandable sense of survivors guilt. the fact that no notice — survivors guilt. the fact that no police came to find him or his placard — police came to find him or his placard to— police came to find him or his placard to question him about these incidents_ placard to question him about these incidents can only have served to confirm _ incidents can only have served to confirm and strengthen in the defendant's mind a dangerous belief in his_ defendant's mind a dangerous belief in his invincibility in his power to sexually— in his invincibility in his power to sexually dominate and abuse women without _ sexually dominate and abuse women without being stopped. we
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sexually dominate and abuse women without being stopped.— without being stopped. we can only imaaine without being stopped. we can only imagine how _ without being stopped. we can only imagine how sarah _ without being stopped. we can only imagine how sarah everard's - without being stopped. we can only imagine how sarah everard's family| imagine how sarah everard's family must be feeling today having heard those details. wayne couzens could have been stopped in terms of his offending and potentially stopped from going on to murder sarah everard. in terms of the sentence, 19 months he was handed today, but thatis 19 months he was handed today, but that is really irrelevant. it won't make any difference at all to his sentence. wayne couzens is currently serving that whole life tariff for the kidnapped, rape and murder of sarah everard. he is in franklin prison, that is where he joined the hearing from today, i hate security prison, he will never be released. the judge, prison, he will never be released. thejudge, mrs prison, he will never be released. the judge, mrsjustice prison, he will never be released. thejudge, mrsjustice mae, said today the sentence served today as public recognition of the offences and their impact on the victim, their courage and their resilience was noted in coming forward. indeed. thank ou was noted in coming forward. indeed. thank you for—
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was noted in coming forward. indeed. thank you for that. _ was noted in coming forward. indeed. thank you for that. life _ was noted in coming forward. indeed. thank you for that. life at _ was noted in coming forward. indeed. thank you for that. life at the old - thank you for that. life at the old bailey in central london. former colleagues of dominic raab have spoken to the bbc about their experience of working with him, as an inquiry into bullying claims reaches its final stages. dozens of people, including mr raab himself, have now given evidence to the inquiry, which was commissioned to establish the facts. it will then be for the prime minister tojudge whether the findings show that mr raab broke ministerial rules on bullying or not. mr raab strongly denies allegations of bullying. i'm joined now by our political correspondent ione wales. like progress is there than in the investigation? this like progress is there than in the investigation?— investigation? this investigation has now been — investigation? this investigation has now been going _ investigation? this investigation has now been going on - investigation? this investigation has now been going on for - investigation? this investigation i has now been going on for almost three and a half months. we know that it three and a half months. we know thatitis three and a half months. we know that it is kind of reaching its final now, just to recap, this investigation was launched in response to eight formal complaints from dominic raab's time in three different government departments and we know they involve about 2k complainants as well. as part of
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gathering evidence, the lawyer who is investigating has been interviewing dozens of witnesses, including those who have worked closely with dominic raab, the top civil servants who have run departments with him and also dominic raab himself. dominic raab's evidence is now essentially being put to some of the other witnesses and assigned at this investigation is now in its final stages. you have been talking _ is now in its final stages. you have been talking to _ is now in its final stages. you have been talking to some _ is now in its final stages. you have been talking to some of— is now in its final stages. you have been talking to some of his - is now in its final stages. you have been talking to some of his former colleagues, haven't you?— been talking to some of his former colleagues, haven't you? these are not complainants _ colleagues, haven't you? these are not complainants themselves - colleagues, haven't you? these are i not complainants themselves because they cannot speak publicly while this inquiry is ongoing, but people who have worked closely with him over the years in different capacities, we can hearfreshly over the years in different capacities, we can hear freshly from somebody who advised dominic raab in one department who said that they had no question that the behaviour they witnessed was bullying. ididn't i didn't personally feel bullied, but i _ i didn't personally feel bullied, but i did — i didn't personally feel bullied, but i did see bullying behaviour. he was somebody who,
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it's right to say, expected high standards of people. he, however, was pretty belittling in terms of how he would go about those things. and he would frequently humiliate members of his private office. at a flick of a switch he could turn incredibly angry and pretty offensive that person said that his behaviour didn'tjust have an impact on people but also on policy, saying that the impact his behaviour had had the effect of, in their words, shutting up effect of, in their words, shutting up the people who were meant to be advising him. now, somebody else that we spoke to was a former parliamentary member of staff who said that while they wouldn't necessarily character his behaviour as bullying, when they read some of the reports committed resonate with what they had witnessed. there were a handful of occasions where _ there were a handful of occasions where i_ there were a handful of occasions where i observed ten make a member of staff_ where i observed ten make a member of staff cry— where i observed ten make a member of staff cry because he was not happy — of staff cry because he was not happy with their work. i think the collie _ happy with their work. i think the collie cries — happy with their work. i think the
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collie cries and they come back to their_ collie cries and they come back to their desks— collie cries and they come back to their desks and neck ——i think if a colleague cries and they come back to their desk and they're still fretting, and that happens more than once, then i think anybody should recognise that somebody, somebody is hurt from that interaction. it was always work related... if a member of his staff had delivered some work, which he didn't think was at the standard it should have been, he could, he would tear it, tear it apart — frankly literally at times. literally as in, as in literally rip up people's work? i did observe that. one former parliamentary staff member who dominic raab's team put us in touch with set on the contrary they only had positive things to say about working with him, and that was echoed as well by an official we spoke to who had working —— worked closely with dominic raab who said he was a good boss. he was always very focused on the 'ob he was always very focused on the job but— he was always very focused on the job but always super nice. what was your response
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when you heard about media reports, accusing him of bullying? i was sad because it didn't correlate at all to my experience in the slightest i think people would admit he's hard work because he is a perfectionist and he will go above and beyond to deliver for a department he wants to make changes. said differing accounts there of the behaviour of dominic raab. clearly a challenge then for the lawyers and for the inquiry challenge then for the lawyers and forthe inquiry in challenge then for the lawyers and for the inquiry in general.— for the inquiry in general. that's riuht. for the inquiry in general. that's right- this _ for the inquiry in general. that's right- this is _ for the inquiry in general. that's right. this is essentially - for the inquiry in general. that's right. this is essentially the - right. this is essentially the challenge for the investigator who has to turn different testimonies but also different characterisations of his behaviour into a document of fact. untilthat of his behaviour into a document of fact. until that essentially he won't be making conclusions himself, he want to be making recommendations as part of this report. what he will do is establish the facts around these different complaints that have been made and present us to the prime minister. it will then be for the prime minister to decide whether the prime minister to decide whether the fact that he is being presented with show that a breach of the roles
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that ministers have to follow around behaviour and bullying have been breached or not. dominic raab has repeatedly insisted that he is not a bully and that he is behaved professionally at all times but said he would resign if he is found to have believed. that would ultimately be a call for the prime minister who now has dominic raab's career in his hands. 0k, ok, thank you. live from westminster. police looking for five people, who'd been missing following a night out in cardiff on saturday, have found three of them dead following a car crash. family and friends had made repeated appeals to find the missing group of five over the weekend. they had been on a night out in newport when their car is believed to have veered off the a118 into trees. our wales reporter, lucy vladev, is in cardiff. attributes behind you and people paying their respects to those who died. , ., , ,
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paying their respects to those who died. , . , , ., paying their respects to those who died. , , ., , ., , died. yes, it has been a steady stream of _ died. yes, it has been a steady stream of people _ died. yes, it has been a steady stream of people arriving - died. yes, it has been a steady stream of people arriving here| stream of people arriving here throughout the day, in this afternoon, we have now got the names confirmed of the five involved in this incident. we know that 21—year—old yves smith and darcy ross have died as well as 24—year—old rafael, we also know that shane locklin and sophie are in hospital. all five of them were in the car when it came off the road here on a major a road in cardiff and crashed into the wooded area you can see behind me. there have been on a night out and they were last seenin on a night out and they were last seen in the early hours of saturday morning, but it wasn't until the early hours of this morning when the car was discovered. in the meantime, friends and family have been posting on social media desperately trying to find where the five of them were, and then today when we heard what had happened, that has now turned to attributes. friends and family
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posting, one—of—a—kind or real ray of sunshine, yves smith, you are truly beautiful young girl, friends and family have also been coming here, as a say, to the scene, laying flowers, you can see behind me. i spoke to some of the friends earlier who told me, as you might expect there, devastated and also raising questions about why it took so long for police to find this vehicle on such a busy road. we are, as i say, expecting an update from south wales police very, very soon, and in the meantime we know that the second police force involved in this, go into police have referred themselves to the independent office for police complaints. we are expecting an update very soon. {lilia complaints. we are expecting an update very soon.— complaints. we are expecting an update very soon. 0k, lucy, thank ou. live update very soon. 0k, lucy, thank you- live at _ update very soon. 0k, lucy, thank you. live at the _ update very soon. 0k, lucy, thank you. live at the scene _ update very soon. 0k, lucy, thank you. live at the scene of _ update very soon. 0k, lucy, thank you. live at the scene of that - update very soon. 0k, lucy, thank| you. live at the scene of that crash in cardiff. we get that police update we will bring it to you here on bbc news.
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russia continues its all—out assault and suffering the loss of many thousands of men, despite the pentagon saying victory is of little strategic importance. the crime the months controlling what has become one of the longest and bloodiest battles of the longest and bloodiest battles of the war so far. here is our diplomatic correspondent, james landau. after more than six months of fighting, much of bakhmut now lies in ruins, yet the fighting remains hard. street by street, house by house. for those few civilians who remain in the city and in villages nearby, conditions are terrible, with little access to water, heat or power. translation: iwant peace, silence, calmness, and just to be _ at home in our own land. the ukrainian army still holds the centre of bakhmut. they can get in and out from the west, but...
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this ukrainian soldier says the situation is tense, tanks are shelling the road and bridges are broken. defending this city is coming at a high price in ukrainian lives. translation: i would like to pay . special tribute to the bravery, l strength and invincibility of the warriors fighting in donbas. it is one of the toughest battles — painful and challenging. russian forces continue to bombard the city and their troops continue to make small advances from the north and south, but at great cost. british military officials say some russian soldiers are even being forced to attack with little more than their spades. and while russia's defence ministry shows images of paratroopers supposedly making an assault, russian mercenaries at the heart of the fighting complain they are not getting enough ammunition. translation: what if they want | to set us up, calling us scoundrels, and that's why they don't
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give us ammunition? they don't give us weapons and they don't let us recruit more people from amongst prisoners? if wagner retreats from bakhmut now, the whole front will collapse. there is not much left to win or lose in this city but ukrainian forces are defending these streets hard and many russian soldiers are dying trying to take them. james landale, bbc news, kyiv. officials in south—west pakistan say a suicide bomber has killed at least nine policemen. the explosion struck a police truck in the southwestern city of sibbi hospital medics say at least 13 others have been injured in the blast. there's been a series of recent attacks across pakistan targeting police officers. it's not clear who's behind the latest incident, separatists in the region have been fighting the government for decades, and the pakistani taliban say they've carried out a number of similar attacks. no one has claimed responsibilty for the attack as yet.
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much more coming up for you here on bbc news injust a much more coming up for you here on bbc news in just a few moments. stay with us. hello there. it's been a very wintry day across the north of the uk. large parts of northern and eastern scotland particularly have seen accumulating snow and some frequent and heavy showers. we hold onto this shower of snow and ice into tuesday as well. the northern half of scotland, north east england, northern ireland once again, likely to cause some travel disruption. he got arctic air firmly in place across the northern half of the country, it's not as cold further south, the country, it's not as cold furthersouth, but the country, it's not as cold further south, but this cold air is sinking its way southwards to tonight and into tuesday. it is going to be in a scene eight across the northern half of the country, particularly where showers have been falling. others showers are in
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coastal areas of northeast england and within scotland, northern ireland, and it will be cold here as well. subzero values. southern england, south wales has this band of cloud, rain, some can turn into sleet and snow over the high ground but mostly of rain. it holds on into tomorrow morning a rather great picture here with a further wintry mix of rain, sleet and snow, the rest of the country away from northern coast where we will see a peppering of snow showers and an icy start to begin with, it will actually be quite a bright day tuesday, my sunshine around, even into large parts of england and wales. a colder day to come across the board, factor in the wind, it will feel subzero across northern areas. that will take us into a very cold night for tuesday night across the board, down to minus double digits across parts of scotland where we have lying snow. the games begin on wednesday, ? on this battle ground of air masses, mild air to
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the south containing low—pressure and rain. cold airfirmly in place across the uk. now, this first leg of the weather front starts to push into the south of the country during wednesday, we are likely to see some snow here. but there is a question mark on it. rain coast to coast and as it bumps into the cold air, we can see some areas of widespread snow at developing across southern areas, particularly over the hills. this could be disruptive. stay tuned. further north, a cold day to come, plenty of sunshine for the snow showers around coasts. later in the become a thursday and friday, we could see more of that rain in the south pushing northwards to bring in another area of disruptive snow, both thursday and friday, as it turns my other in the south.
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this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm clive. our top stories? one month after the devastating earthquakes that killed more than 50 thousand people in turkey and syria — many are still living without proper shelter. police in wales searching for five people missing after a night out say three are dead and too seriously
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injured after a car crash. sport now, and here's a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. england's batting collapse helped bangladesh salvage some pride, in the third and final one—day international against england in chittagong. the home side won by 50 runs on a day to remember for their talisman. shakib al hasan took four wickets, on his way to a landmark 300 in one—day matches for bangladesh. he'd earlier starred in their batting — making 75 of their 246 runs. england lost three wickets in seven balls in their reply, from 5a without loss, and were bowled out with 41 balls still remaining. they still win the series 2—1, and jos buttler said handing a debut to rehan ahmed and changing the batting order was part of england's long term planning.
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i think if we played well enough we would've won the game. it was an opportunity today to give rehan his w to numberfive. we don't opportunity today to give rehan his w to number five. we don't megan on till september, especially in these conditions it felt like a great chance to gather as much information as we can and expose people to different situations. if we lost the game then so be it. mumbai indians won their second game in a row — in cricket's inaugural women's indian premier league. they beat royal challengers banglalore by nine wickets — west indies all—rounder hayley matthews top scoring for them, in their chase, with an unbeaten 77.... after rcb were 155 all out from their 20 overs. england's nat sciver—brunt also helped them to their target with more than five overs to spare, with 55 not out. some more from that huge win for liverpool yesterday. the club say "there is no excuse for unacceptable and dangerous behaviour" . after a supporter ran
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onto the pitch at anfield... to celebrate the seventh goal in their 7—0 victory over manchester united. the club has begun an immediate investigation to identify and ban the fan. if found guilty of the offence of entering the pitch without permission — the offender could get a lifetime ban from anfield and all premier league stadiums. merseyside police says a 16—year—old has been arrested following the incident. attention turns to the champions league this week — and pivotal game for chelsea on tuesday against dortmund. the blues are 1—0 down from the first leg, and struggling domestically — despite being europe's highest spenders in the january transfer window. their manager knows they're under the microscope. the position we are in you should always welcome the pressure, because it means you're in a fantastic situation which is to compete for the last eight of the champions league. it's a wonderful competition, and it would be a special night. it was a special
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occasion in dortmund and i am sure it would be the same at stamford bridge tomorrow. there is nothing else to say apart from we're looking forward to playing the game and competing to go through. it's a fantastic competition and we want to progress. well paris saint german play in europe this week too — and a blow for them. they're without striker neymar, who's set to miss the rest of the season — after the club announced he's to have surgery following an ankle injury. the brazilforward suffered ligament damage during psg's domestic clash with lille last month. he'll be out for their crucial champions league last 16 tie against bayern on wednesday, with the german side one—up from the first leg. psg say it'll be three to four months before he can return to training. one of the biggest tennis tournaments of the year begins this week, the atp 1000 series at indian wells. but the men's number one — novak djokovic — will not be there. he's withdrawn as he's unable to enter the united states. the us requires international visitors to be vaccinated against covid—19 and proof will be required at least for another month. 22—time grand slam winner djokovic had applied for special permission to enter the us
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because he's not vaccinated. he also missed last year's us open and australia open because of his vaccination status. that's all the sport for now. the uk government is set to annouce plans to ban migrants who cross the english channel in small boats, from ever returning to the uk. it's part of a set of new laws which will be introduced in parliament tomorrow. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, says the proposals are unworkable, while refugees groups, say thousands of people, will be left in limbo. here's our political correspondent, david wallace—lockhart. stopping channel crossings in small boats is one of the government's key priorities. they are set to publish plans meaning anyone travelling to the uk this way will be detained and then deported to their home country or a third country like rwanda and banned from ever returning.
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measures are set to be included in legislation tomorrow. this week, we will be bringing forward additional legislation which is based on the principle that if people travel here via illegal routes, they shouldn't be allowed to stay, which i think is common sense and right and the correct approach and that this government is really tackling one of the key things that comes up on the doorstep and is coming up from my constituents and around the country. small boat crossing figures were first recorded in 2018, when 299 people made the journey. by 2020, the figure was over 8000. last year, it reached more than 45,000. at one point, officials were believed to be preparing for 80,000 arrivals. last year, albanians represented the single biggest nationality seeking asylum, with around 15,000 applications. this was followed by iran, iraq and afghanistan. the labour leader is sceptical changes will be compatible with international law and doesn't think it will bring down the numbers.
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in april of last year, we had legislation and the government said and i quote, "it would break the business model. "it would end illegal migration." so that was precisely 12 months ago with the legislation they were proposing to pass and did pass then. what has happened since? the numbers have gone up. so i don't think going on with this sort of legislation is the way forward. why not put the money and the resources into the national crime agency and break the gangs who are running it? the government is determined to stress the message that they want to be tough when it comes to borders but are their plans workable? the proposals that the government is putting forward saying if you arrive in a smaller boat, you will automatically be considered illegal and we will detain you and deport you. but where are they going to be detained? the government doesn't have a lot of detention space. and to where are they going to be deported? because the government has very few safe country agreements to return asylum seekers to.
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plenty of conservative mps will be keen to pour over the details of this legislation but this area can be a legal minefield, with obstacles that can ultimately derail any pledges. remember, the government's plans to send asylum seekers to rwanda are still tied up in the courts. ministers believe they can deal with small boats while staying part of the european convention on human rights. some of the government's own backbenchers could take some convincing. david wallace lockhart, bbc news, westminster. firefighters have voted overwhelmingly to accept a new pay offer, ending the threat of strikes. members of the fire brigades union voted for industrial action in january, but the walk—out was suspended when the new offer was tabled. the new deal includes a 7% increase backdated to july 2022, plus an additional 5% from july this year.
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in northern ireland, the dup is to set up an eight member panel — including senior party figures — to gauge opinion on the windsor framework. the party is yet to make a formal decision on whether to accept or reject the new deal between the uk and the eu on trading arrangements for northern ireland. our ireland correspondent chris page is in belfast. who is going to be on this panel chris? than who is going to be on this panel chfis? �* , , . . who is going to be on this panel chris? �* , , . ., ., chris? an interesting selection of --eole. chris? an interesting selection of people- two _ chris? an interesting selection of people. two former _ chris? an interesting selection of people. two former leaders - chris? an interesting selection of people. two former leaders of i chris? an interesting selection of| people. two former leaders of the dup party who haven't been involved in front—line politics in northern ireland for some time. baroness foster a former first minister of northern ireland and peter robinson who held the top job northern ireland and peter robinson who held the topjob in northern ireland and peter robinson who held the top job in government before baroness foster and was a long—standing deputy leader of the park at party for several decades before he took over as leader in 2008. i think the fact that those
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two very senior politicians are on this panel suggest that sir geoffrey donaldson views it as something that he has to give weight to. certainly, the opinions this panel offers on the opinions this panel offers on the windsor framework which the final report is asked for by march will be significant. potentially for the dup decision as to whether or not to back the windsor framework. therefore for the dup decision as to whether or not to lift its veto on the power—sharing of the devolved government in northern ireland and if they were to lift that veto than northern ireland would have its government back and have local ministers in posts and fully functioning for the first time in one year. functioning for the first time in one ear. ~ ., functioning for the first time in one year-— functioning for the first time in one ear. ~ ., , one year. meanwhile while this commission — one year. meanwhile while this commission is _ one year. meanwhile while this commission is looking - one year. meanwhile while this commission is looking into - one year. meanwhile while this - commission is looking into whether or not the dup should back the windsor framework there is still no local government at stormont. that's ri . ht it is local government at stormont. that's right it is been _ local government at stormont. that's right it is been more _ local government at stormont. that's right it is been more than _ local government at stormont. that's right it is been more than a _ local government at stormont. that's right it is been more than a year - right it is been more than a year
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now, february last year when the dup effectively resigned from power—sharing the devolved government at stormont. there were rules were that unionists and nationalists had to form a government. the regional government can't function at all without the dup. while other parties have been having their say on the windsor framework, the dup verdict is most focus on the because the dup would be key to unblocking the luggage at stormont and restoring power—sharing. in addition to those two party leaders i mentioned there are members of the is this community, a solicitor who has close links to the dup, the idea is that pinellas will appeal to a range of people across northern ireland and take interest in different sectors in northern ireland and the verdict that the panel comes out with could well form the basis of the dup decision as to whether or not it
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will lift its block on power—sharing which sirjeffrey donaldson has said is the end of march is his name, he is the end of march is his name, he is still not going to be rushed. he said when the decision is finally made its less important than whether they meet the right decision or not. thank you chris page. elected mayors in the north of england, say rail users face losing more than 20,000 services this year, if cancellations continue at their current rate. one operator, transpennine express, has failed to run a quarter of its scheduled trains in recent months. the mayors have been attending a conference in newcastle today, to discuss the issue, and danny savage went along. 7.50 this morning at northallerton. the train supposed to be at platform 1 hasn't turned up. my first train this morning is supposed to be a transpennine express service to york. but it's been cancelled. another service operated by a different company soon follows, but it's standing room only.
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people are fed up. terrible. it's just useless. the other night, i was stuck in york for three and a half hours waiting for a train home, and i ended up having to get my wife to come and pick me up from york. because transpennine had cancelled all the services? transpennine had cancelled all the services. every evening, transpennine express publish a list of services which are going to be cancelled the following day. their pre—amended timetable is a fantasy. i've come to york to travel up to newcastle with the mayor of west yorkshire, but she's not here, because her transpennine express service was cancelled too. 45 minutes later than planned, she arrives. tracy, hello, hi. hello — so good to see you! we jump on a service north and discuss transpennine woes. government must hear what is happening in the north and as the chair of the m10, ten mayors, in england, we were able to get a meeting with the transport secretary and tell him, from our lived
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experience, the chaos and the cancellations and how it's holding us back. he's heard what we've said and now it's a political decision, obviously, for the government. finally, we arrive in newcastle. so how typical was thatjourney? as someone that goes to work monday to friday, i have this most days. it's frustrating and depressing. transpennine express acknowledged things aren't good enough, but say they are pulling out all the stops to make things better, including doubling their overtime offer to drivers. rail passengers across northern england say things have got to get better, but change isn't certain. danny savage reports in there. insiders at the social media giant twitter have told bbc�*s panorama that the company is no longer able to protect users from online abuse, state—co—ordinated disinformation and child sexual exploitation — following mass sackings and changes under new owner elon musk.
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exclusive academic research, and testimony from twitter users, supports their allegations, suggesting hate is thriving under 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 has 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 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
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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. one 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 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.
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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? 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
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an interview with me. neither twitter nor musk have responded to the points raised in this investigation. twitter says defending and respecting the user's voice remains one of its core values. but the users i've spoken to are left with questions. marianna spring, bbc news. around 55 million people are living with dementia — and here in the uk alone almost a million have the condition. it's an illness which can impact your memory, your mood and even your movement. it can also come at a huge financial and emotional cost for the loved ones around you. our correspondent nina warhurst and her sisters amy and mel have been trying to make sense of the condition since their dad chris was diagnosed with dementia last year. my dad is a funny man is how i'd sum him up. ever since being little,
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he could give a little side eye at somebody — a stranger that he would just know we'd all find funny and we would all collapse in laughter. and he can still do that, even after all these years. he's funny. that is probably a word that most people, his colleagues, his friends, his family would use for him — he's very funny. and he's charming, he's a very charming man. he can still very much make me laugh. we can still make him laugh. that wit and humour is still very much there. not sure we always know what we're laughing at or about, but the laughter is very much there. so what year is that photo? that's the boy. who's that? georgie. george best. yeah. what do you remember about him? i remember him lifting the european cup. yeah. you were friends with him. oh, yeah. you used to go out with him. yeah. we used to go to old trafford
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to watch united play. yeah. and george best would be there, wouldn't he? watching as well. and he always still came and said hello, didn't he? oh, it's more than that. those were the days, eh? yeah. this is what i don't understand about dementia. so we had an incredibly engaged and switched on gp. his social care team were supportive and empathetic. when he ended up in emergency care, salford royal hospital was amazing. he had three daughters who were engaged and wanted to do the best by him and still we collectively felt like we were in freefall. and until you have a clear diagnosis, you can't necessarily get all the support that you need. so you're left as a carer thinking you're trying your best but that you're failing everywhere. i had two very young girls. i had full—time work and a husband and to try and juggle all of that, it was near impossible.
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when i wasn't with him, i was thinking about him and itjust takes over you completely. a really hard bit, and ifeel guilty now when i think about it is that he was getting on my nerves and having to do all these practical things was getting me down and because of that stress, we stopped having nice times together. we stopped enjoying one another�*s company. and i feel like that last year when we had him at home, we won't get that back now. and that's really hard, and i feel guilty about that. yeah. i do feel really guilty about that. sorry.
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# it's a dirty old town # dirty old town. # lovely. so it's been about a year now, hasn't it, since he moved in? because he's been there since, yeah, february 2022. and he's a lot more settled now. looking back to a year ago. yeah, absolutely. and i think, you know, that's because he's got the right care, isn't it? and we were absolutely doing our best. i feel really positive now about the future with my dad because his basic needs are being met. he's in a wonderful care home. he has regular visits with us. he's resting a lot. he's physically looking well. and i know we have great times ahead of us. nina and herfamily on coping with dementia and herfather, chris.
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there. christie and will be following up shortly so stay with us on bbc news. hello there. we've got a very cold, wintry week of weather in store, potential of some disruptive snow in places. there is still a question mark on where that heavy snow will be, so do stay tuned to the weather forecast and head online to see all the latest warnings. i think we're pretty confident for today and tomorrow — snow and ice issues are likely to affect much of the northern half of scotland, northeast england and also parts of northern ireland. now, the very cold air is slowly working its way southwards through the day today. you can see the deep blues there. strong winds across the north as well. so these snow showers likely to cause some drifting over the hills of scotland, where we'll see significant accumulations. but there will be some sunshine around. further south, we've got this weak weather front spreading slowly southwards and on it, there will be some patchy rain here and there, could see a little bit of wintriness up over the high ground
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of wales, for example. but it will be mostly of rain. top temperatures around 7—8c in the south, low single digits further north — barely above freezing, in fact, where we have frequent snow showers. tonight, ice will be an issue across the northern half of the country. we continue to see snow showers falling around coastal areas and it looks like the rain in the south could start to turn a bit more wintry. you could see some wet snow, sleet, over the higher ground of southern england, south wales. i think as we head through tomorrow, the bright skies will push their way southward. so i think it's a brighter day. sunny spells, further wintry showers around the coast, but a cold day to come. factor in the wind, we're looking at these sorts of values — going to feel more like —4 in aberdeen and that will lead into a very cold night for tuesday. sub—zero values for all, frost and ice. we could be as low as minus double digits across parts of scotland where we have lying snow. then for wednesday, big question mark, because we start to set up a battleground between milder atlantic air in the south and the cold arctic air in the north. with the mild atlantic air, we will see these weather fronts trying to work their way in.
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but as they do, they bring outbreaks of rain. they're likely to bump into the cold air, so we're likely to see some spells of potentially disruptive snow across the south on wednesday. don't take this too literally, but it could be a little bit further north, it could be a little bit further south, but there is a question mark and a potential of some disruptive snow in the south on wednesday. further north, bright actually on wednesday, plenty of sunshine, further wintry showers around coastal areas. and then again, a question mark with this snow. it could be disruptive as it works its way northwards across the country. so stay tuned to the forecast.
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today at six... wayne couzens is sentenced for indecent exposure. one offence took place just days before he murdered sarah everard. as the met police release cctv of couzens at the scene of a crime, they apologise for missing opportunities to stop him. i am sorry and, like many, i wish he had been investigated for these offences and i am sorry for the sarah everard family. couzens has been sentenced for 19 months on top of the whole life term he is serving for murder. also on the programme... three people are found dead in a crashed car in cardiff days after they went missing. two others remain seriously ill in hospital. misery for commuters in the north of
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