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and thank the huge crowd for their support. the public �*s face of north korea, a special report on state crackdowns that are making it even harder for people to survive. the brittle report from the privileges committee doesn't actually use the word liar, but it painstakingly lays out on the prime minister intentionally misled of the commons. is it over for borisjohnson?
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a highly critical report by a committee of mps investigating boris johnson's claims about lockdown parties has concluded that he deliberately misled the commons. the privileges committee said the former prime minsister had closed his mind to the truth and committed acts of contempt of parliament. they said if borisjohnson had not resigned as an mp, he should have been facing a 90 day suspension from the house of commons. the group of mps from all parties — the majority of them conservatives — pulled no punches. they found that borisjohnson had repeatedly and deliberately misled mps in the wake of the partygate scandal, undermined the democratic process of the commons and was complicit in the campaign of abuse and attempted intimidation of the committee. boris johnson called the report's conclusion deranged. our political editor
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chris mason is here. today was about covid rule breaking, testimony that said boris johnson's downing street didn't bother with the restrictions, it was an island oasis of normality, said one, whereas the rest of the country locked down. yesterday was all about borisjohnson but locked down. yesterday was all about boris johnson but what it was actually about was something else. at the core of all of this a conversation about the fundamental pillars upon which public life and society at large is built. conduct, behaviour, believability, integrity. or, to put it another way, truth and lies. so many chapters of borisjohnson�*s life have his relationship with the truth running straight through them. today, the latest chapter — a committee of his peers throwing the book at him. was he honest about what went on in downing street during the very covid restrictions he'd imposed on the rest of us? all guidance was followed completely during number 10. really?
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there was no party, and that no covid rules were broken. a senior civil servant, sue gray, investigated. so, too, the police. today, another page turns. the conclusion — devastating for mrjohnson. let's be blunt, this report concludes that he lied. it says he deliberately misled mps, he deliberately misled the committee. he breached their confidence by saying out loud what was in their report before they did, and that he was complicit in a campaign of abuse and attempted intimidation of the committee. look at what else the committee had to say. it takes aim at "the frequency with which he closed his mind to the truth". and it said some of mrjohnson�*s "denials and explanations were so disingenuous" that they were "deliberate
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attempts to mislead". is this the end, mrjohnson? we're shouting at borisjohnson because he said no to an interview. he put out a written statement instead, claiming the report is "rubbish, a lie, deranged, absurd and complete tripe". have you run out of road? and, he said... you've been there and seen it with your own eyes. harriet harman is the labour mp who chaired this investigation. he claims she was prejudiced against him from the outset given things she had previously said. the report says its members were informed by the facts. jacob rees—mogg was knighted
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by borisjohnson and served in his cabinet. what did he make of the report? well, i think it's over—baked. i think they want to find the worst at every possible opportunity, and i think it shows a degree of vindictiveness that does not work to the committee's favour or advantage. is this the end for borisjohnson? no way back from this, is there? there's easily a way back. because the great virtue of our system is that parliament can chuck you out, it can chuck you out again and suspend you, but if voters send you back, back you come. today's report came out at 9am, but the prime minister managed to find himself in front of the cameras earlier than that, wanting to look like he's getting on with the job on an immigration raid in west london. you're talking about a report that i haven't seen and no one else has seen. it wouldn't right to comment on it in advance of it coming out and being published. so he didn't fancy saying very much, but little tongue tie from the opposition parties today. borisjohnson is not only a lawbreaker, but a liar. |
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he's not fit for public office, and he's disgraced himself. and continues to act like a pound shop trump in the way _ in which he tries to discredit - anybody who criticises his actions. he's built his entire career as a politician on being very shady with the truth, and what the committee has found is that he purposely lied to parliament as prime minister. today, the final page turns on the former prime minister, covid rule—breaking and the truth. the big question is whether the book is now closed for good on boris johnson. chris is with me now. is the book closed, is the political story for borisjohnson over? closed, is the political story for boris johnson over?— closed, is the political story for boris johnson over? that is the live conversation _ boris johnson over? that is the live conversation going _ boris johnson over? that is the live conversation going on _ boris johnson over? that is the live conversation going on tonight - conversation going on tonight amongst conservative mps as they weigh up the gravity of the conclusions of this report because the curiosity today was that today was shorn of its main element of
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jeopardy that we were anticipating with this publication of the report, expected to be the thing that would map out borisjohnson�*s expected to be the thing that would map out boris johnson's future. expected to be the thing that would map out borisjohnson�*s future. but because he had raced ahead to announce he would leave parliament, having seen a copy of the report himself a couple of days ago, we knew that any sanction that they talked about would have a gravity because of its scale, but beyond that it wouldn't have a direct impact and yet such were the words andindeed impact and yet such were the words and indeed that suggested sanction, so big were they, that they have prompted one heck of a conversation amongst conservative mps. i'll give you a quick insight into the texts i've had tonight. a minister texted, i think people who think boris is immortal are either paranoid bananas. a couple of other conversations, one former cabinet minister saying they felt boris johnson, this is someone who would
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be warm about him in the past, thrown away an image of being fun and witty and now in their view was nasty and bitter. some of those loyal to mrjohnson saying this was a posturing parliament at its worst and mythology was building. on monday, mps will take a look at this. the expectation is that they will probably back what the report suggests. that is not the end of the story though. by—elections in uxbridge and selby and ainsty in north yorkshire coming up injust over a north yorkshire coming up in 'ust over a month.�* north yorkshire coming up in 'ust over a month. chris mason, thank ou. thousands of people have attended a vigil for the victims of the attacks in nottingham city centre in the early hours of tuesday morning. the families of the victims addressed a huge crowd. police have been given more time to question a 31—year—old man, who was arrested on suspicion of murder. it emerged today that he was a former student at the university of nottingham. our midlands correspondent, navteonhal reports. bell tolls
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silent, defiant, united, the people of nottingham chose to stand together in pain and love. for the first time since the tragic events of tuesday, at this vigil we heard from all three families of those who died. starting with james coates, one of school caretaker ian coates' three suns. it one of school caretaker ian coates' three sum-— three suns. it feels like he has touched a _ three suns. it feels like he has touched a lot _ three suns. it feels like he has touched a lot of _ three suns. it feels like he has touched a lot of hearts - three suns. it feels like he has touched a lot of hearts over i three suns. it feels like he has| touched a lot of hearts over the years, more than we assumed he had, so it's been really nice and heart—warming to see the messages and the people come out and talk about how he was when they were younger and how he helped them. some beautiful comments. my dad was an avid fisherman, he loved his family and he also loved his forest. you reds. �* ., ., ., , reds. after hearing from the fathers of 19-year-olds _ reds. after hearing from the fathers of 19-year-olds barney _ reds. after hearing from the fathers of 19-year-olds barney webber - reds. after hearing from the fathers of 19-year-olds barney webber and | of 19—year—olds barney webber and 19—year—olds grace o'malley the day
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before it was the turn off their mums to remember their children. he loved pesto pasta but hated cottage pie! he _ loved pesto pasta but hated cottage pie! he was obsessed with aeroplanes and he _ pie! he was obsessed with aeroplanes and he still_ pie! he was obsessed with aeroplanes and he still carried the dream of being _ and he still carried the dream of being a — and he still carried the dream of being a pilot in the raf one day. she also— being a pilot in the raf one day. she also had a message for the crowd about the attacker. he she also had a message for the crowd about the attacker.— about the attacker. he is 'ust a erson. about the attacker. he is 'ust a person. please * about the attacker. he is 'ust a person. please hold h about the attacker. he is 'ust a person. please hold no h about the attacker. he isjust a person. please hold no hate i about the attacker. he isjust a i person. please hold no hate that relates_ person. please hold no hate that relates to — person. please hold no hate that relates to any colour, sex or religion _ religion. applause i know silence is the traditional side _ i know silence is the traditional side to— i know silence is the traditional side to show respect and we've had that rightly— side to show respect and we've had that rightly so tonight. can ijust ask for— that rightly so tonight. can ijust ask for you — that rightly so tonight. can ijust ask for you to do one more thing, to show_ ask for you to do one more thing, to show as_ ask for you to do one more thing, to show as an — ask for you to do one more thing, to show as an enormous raw and round of applause _ show as an enormous raw and round of applause for— show as an enormous raw and round of applause for everyone affected by this tragedy. cheering and applause
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she was a treasured and adored child~ _ she was a treasured and adored child~ she — she was a treasured and adored child. she wanted _ she was a treasured and adored child. she wanted very - she was a treasured and adored child. she wanted very few- she was a treasured and adored i child. she wanted very few things she was a treasured and adored - child. she wanted very few things in life. child. she wanted very few things in life she _ child. she wanted very few things in life. she wanted _ child. she wanted very few things in life. she wanted to _ child. she wanted very few things in life. she wanted to be _ child. she wanted very few things in life. she wanted to be a _ child. she wanted very few things in life. she wanted to be a doctor, - child. she wanted very few things in life. she wanted to be a doctor, she wanted _ life. she wanted to be a doctor, she wanted to— life. she wanted to be a doctor, she wanted to have _ life. she wanted to be a doctor, she wanted to have fun, _ life. she wanted to be a doctor, she wanted to have fun, because - life. she wanted to be a doctor, she wanted to have fun, because that'sl wanted to have fun, because that's what _ wanted to have fun, because that's what all— wanted to have fun, because that's what all students _ wanted to have fun, because that's what all students want, _ wanted to have fun, because that's what all students want, they- wanted to have fun, because that's what all students want, they wantl wanted to have fun, because that's i what all students want, they want to enjoy— what all students want, they want to enjoy themselves. _ what all students want, they want to enjoy themselves, and _ what all students want, they want to enjoy themselves, and all— what all students want, they want to enjoy themselves, and all they- what all students want, they want to enjoy themselves, and all they were | enjoy themselves, and all they were doing _ enjoy themselves, and all they were doing was— enjoy themselves, and all they were doing was walking _ enjoy themselves, and all they were doing was walking home, _ enjoy themselves, and all they were doing was walking home, just - enjoy themselves, and all they were i doing was walking home, just walking home _ doing was walking home, just walking home after— doing was walking home, just walking home after a — doing was walking home, just walking home after a night— doing was walking home, just walking home after a night out. _ doing was walking home, just walking home after a night out. grace - doing was walking home, 'ust walking home after a night out._ home after a night out. grace wasn't onl 'ust a home after a night out. grace wasn't onlyjust a sister _ home after a night out. grace wasn't onlyjust a sister to _ home after a night out. grace wasn't onlyjust a sister to me, _ home after a night out. grace wasn't onlyjust a sister to me, she - home after a night out. grace wasn't onlyjust a sister to me, she was - home after a night out. grace wasn't onlyjust a sister to me, she was a l onlyjust a sister to me, she was a best friend of mine, my mother, my father, all herfriends best friend of mine, my mother, my father, all her friends and best friend of mine, my mother, my father, all herfriends and if best friend of mine, my mother, my father, all her friends and if there is only one message that comes out of this, i urge you all to cherish every moment you spend of your loved ones as you just never know when it will end. thank you. applause sophie, there will be people watching at home, wondering, just like they were here a few hours ago, how did those families amid their
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grief find the strength to speak so beautifully and powerfully in front of thousands of people and i must make a special mention of grace o'malley—kumar�*s little brother, a young man who said it showed tremendous courage and after hearing him speak there were many who left here feeling inspired by his example will stop navtej johal in will stop navteonhal in nottingham, thank you. up to 600 people could be missing after a fishing boat, carrying migrants, sank off southern greece on tuesday. doctors treating survivors say up to 100 children may have been on board, huddled in the ship's hold. at least 79 people are known to have died. more than 100 were rescued. our europe correspondent nick beake is in kalamata in greece, where survivors have been taken. tonight there have been some protests against the government's handling of this crisis but the truth is there a tougher approach to
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migration has proved popular among the public over the last couple of years. clearly though there is a human impact to it. now, the coastguard are maintaining that when they offered help to the migrants that help was rejected, but lots of people are saying that if you can see a boat is so overcrowded and in such deep waters there is a moral obligation to intervene. relatives of the hundreds lost at sea rushed to this port city fearing the worst. we found aftab from wolverhampton searching for news about his cousins from pakistan. my relatives were on board the boat that capsized. how do you know that? we've had confirmation. we've found one of the relatives — he's in there, but the rest of them we haven't got hold of yet. how many relatives? four of them. the victims of greece's worst ever migrant ship wreck had set off from libya. many syrians were on board, kazim abu zeeb told me,
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including his wife. translation: how would ifeel? i have lost my wife now. i don't know where she is. it's my wife. 21—year—old izra had been unable to find a legal route to join her husband in germany. this evening we went to meet dr makaris. he treated 30 of the survivors, who told him dozens of children had been on board. they told us that there were children in the bottom of the ship, children and women. one of them told me about 100 children. the other told me about 50. lots of children? lots of children. hanging over this tragedy is one simple question —
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should the greek authorities have done more to save those on board? the coastguard says the migrants didn't want their help — a claim that's been challenged. so we've been trying to piece together exactly what happened in this disaster that seemed to unfold in slow motion. at around 8am on tuesday, the greek authorities are first informed about the fishing vessel. the coastguard has first contact at 11am and claims it doesn't request assistance. a little later an emergency helpline for migrants in trouble at sea receives multiple distress calls, including one at 3:20pm saying the captain has left the vessel. the migrant boat has no publicly available tracking data but bbc verify has used a ship monitoring website to follow the movements of boats in the area that offered assistance. at 3pm, greece sends a nearby commercial vessel, the lucky sailor, to the migrant boat, supplying it with food and water. tuesday evening, a coastguard vessel sails near the fishing boat and from a distance apparently concludes there was no problem with its navigation. but less than four hours later the migrant boat overturns and sinks. the greek authorities,
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as well as fending off criticism, have been making arrests — up to a dozen. but who was really to blame for such a huge loss of life is being fiercely debated. nick beake, bbc news, in southern greece. the chancellorjeremy hunt, the former prime minster david cameron, and england's chief medical officer sir chris whitty are among senior advisers and politicians who will give evidence to the uk covid—19 inquiry next week. the first stage of the inquiry is currently looking at the uk's preparations for a pandemic, including whether officials were too focused on the idea that the next
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pandemic would be flu. our health editor hugh pym is here. what do we know about what they'll be asked, hugh? to be give enough resources to the nhs to be resilient? jeremy hunt was of course health secretary covering england for 2012 —— did they give enough resources. a big pandemic on his watch what they shinned would be flew, showed the whole thing coming under strain with those scenarios. —— on his watch which they thought would be the flu. the oliver dowden, he will be a witness as well, and obviously sir patrick vallance, very well known during the whole coronavirus saga but they held big
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jobs during that as well. i think the key thing here, families of the bereaved say they want to know what more could have been done to prevent all of this, was the uk adequately prepared? one witness today, a former senior civil servant involved in contingency planning, said he thought overall preparedness for the pandemic was inadequate. hugh. thought overall preparedness for the pandemic was inadequate. hugh, thank ou. we pandemic was inadequate. hugh, thank you- we have — pandemic was inadequate. hugh, thank you. we have heard _ pandemic was inadequate. hugh, thank you. we have heard a _ pandemic was inadequate. hugh, thank you. we have heard a lot _ pandemic was inadequate. hugh, thank you. we have heard a lot in _ pandemic was inadequate. hugh, thank you. we have heard a lot in recent - you. we have heard a lot in recent weeks about artificial intelligence — computers starting to act and respond almost as if they are human. ai is developing fast and it's transforming many aspects of modern life. but there have been warnings from some of the founding engineers of the technology that it could be used for malicious purposes. but now — one of the so called "godfathers of ai" has told the bbc that he isn't so worried. our technology editor zoe klienman can tell us more.
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the person pouring the cold water on the greatest fears surrounding artificial intelligence is professor yann lecun, head of ai at facebook�*s owner, meta. speaking in paris, he said, "the scenario we are going to turn on the computer and immediately it's going to take over the world, that's just preposterously ridiculous." the fear is that the technology is evolving very rapidly and could put many people out of a job. he said it would change work, but said, "it's going to create of the other two men he worked with on the science that
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the government strictly controls the border, using covid as an excuse. but really it's to stop the smuggling and people crossing the river to china. if you even approach the river, you'll be given a harsh punishment. there's almost nobody crossing now. those who dare to try now gamble with their lives. a friend's son told me about several closed door executions he saw. each time, three to four people would be executed. their crime was trying to escape. people are stuck here
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and waiting to die. sealing the border has also allowed kim jong—un to shut out the thing he fears the most — foreign films and tv programmes. these are the only way north koreans can learn about the prosperous world outside their borders. south korean videos pose the biggest threat. those who share them can now be executed. this propaganda video shows people being publicly punished. i was taken in for questioning. i'm more afraid of people now. ji yeon told us many of her friends and their children have also been interrogated. at a court in pyongyang, - the local leaders were gathered tojudge a 22—year—old man in a public trial. _ he'd gone around spreading. south korean songs and films. his punishment was ten years and three monthsj in hard labourcamp.
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before 2020, this would have been a quiet trial with perhaps _ one year in prison. people were shocked. we've brought our interviews to the un team that investigates human rights in north korea. mm, wow. 0k. that's quite sobering. you shouldn't be reprimanded, let alone jailed or even executed for consuming foreign media. they are very serious violations of human rights. and in fact, in the past the commission of inquiry of the un has said that these can in many cases amount to crimes against humanity. but amidst the fear, there are small signs that people's loyalty to the regime is waning.
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before covid, people viewed kim jong—un positively. we hoped, perhaps, that he'd rule in a new way. but now almost everybody is full of discontent. nobody believes the propaganda on tv. the state says we are nestling in our mother's bosom, but what kind of mother would execute their child in broad daylight for running to china because they were starving? at one of the hardest times in north korea's history, the state is closing in on every front. people have nowhere to run and nowhere to hide. jean mackenzie, bbc news. we put our findings to the north korean government. its embassy in london said... "the information collected isn't entirely factual, as it's derived from fabricated testimonies from anti—democratic people's republic of korea forces. it has always prioritised the interests of the people even at difficult times, and has an unwavering commitment to the well—being of the people."
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the oscar—winning actress glenda jackson, who went on to become a labour mp, has died at the age of 87. she started out in acting in the 19505, on stage and screen, before quitting to take up politics as the mp for hampstead, declaring that an actor's life is not interesting. but she did go back to it in later life. today, sir michael caine described her as "one of our greatest movie actresses". david sillito looks back at her life. if that is your opinion you had better hide your face indeed. your majesty has only to say... i have said! 1971, glenda jackson, elizabeth r — a mesmerising nine—hour life of queen elizabeth i. i am a woman. you have wives, you have children. you know what it is
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to love and be loved. that same year she won an oscarfor women in love. you have wives, you have children, you know what it is to love and be loved. that same year she won an oscarfor women in love. you don't think one needs the experience of having been married? i don't want us to live like this. it was also the year of sunday bloody sunday, which brought another oscar nomination. darling, look... i couldn't do it. you must be hungry for something. that's true. and on christmas day she wrapped it all up as the star turn on morecambe and wise. laughter
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the daughter of a builder and a cleanerfrom birkenhead, who'd grown up in a two—up, two—down, was at the very pinnacle of the acting world. how was it for you? very nice. she was nominated for an oscar four times, but was always too busy to actually attend. acting was, she said, a serious job for a serious person. and she brought much of that spirit to her 23 years as a labour mp. she was briefly a transport minister in tony blair's first government, but her politics were very much rooted in the passions and values of old labour. greed, selfishness, no care for the weaker... rumble thy bellyful! and then, in her 70s, an honour—strewn return to acting. they all think they can treat me like this! her death comes just weeks afterfinishing herfinalfilm alongside sir michael caine. it was, he said, as wonderful an experience this time as it was on their first film together 50 years ago.
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"i shall miss her." this is our home, all this. glenda jackson, from elizabeth to lear, on stage and screen, regal, commanding, funny, serious, moving. glenda jackson, who has died at the age of 87. time for a look at the weather. time for a look at the weather. here's stav da naos. here's stav da naos. a rather beautiful sunset? gorgeous, a rather beautiful sunset? gorgeous, yes. more of that to come but we yes. more of that to come but we have some changes to the weather. have some changes to the weather. good evening. low pressure starting good evening. low pressure starting to edge closer to our shores and to edge closer to our shores and that will bring even longer spells that will bring even longer spells of rain over the weekend. we do need of rain over the weekend. we do need more rain. it has been so dry and more rain. it has been so dry and sunny of late. this is the area of sunny of late. this is the area of low pressure i have been talking low pressure i have been talking about. sending weatherfronts low pressure i have been talking about. sending weather fronts out about. sending weatherfronts low pressure i have been talking about. sending weather fronts out tonight. we could even see a couple tonight. we could even see of showers or thunderstorms arrive across cornwall, may be devon as well. the odd mist patch hero they are, clearskies, well. the odd mist patch hero they are, clear skies, temperatures dipping into single digits and quite cold there for most. it is going to be mild. start with sunshine tomorrow morning as to any missed patches clear away and we could have showers from the word go across cornwall and devon. these become more widespread across wales and parts of west and south—west scotland, maybe the isle of man into the afternoon. central and eastern areas will stay dry. lots of sunshine. could get up to 26,27, maybe 28 degrees. for the weekend it looks like we will start to see more
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showers, even longer spells of

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