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insists it will be worth it. after president trump threatened to seize control. the uk government will introduce new laws to tackle the threat of child sex abuse images generated by artificial intelligence. the scale of online child abuse. backs calls for social media to be banned for under 16s. and music's biggest night is under way.
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hello. let's return to our main story this hour. on imports from mexico and canada and added levies of 10% to imports from china. the three countries are the united states' biggest trading partners and collectively account 25% tariffs of their own. michael ignatieff is the former leader of ca nada's liberal party. will act to inflict costs on america's economy. and if we don't get a response
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back from the trump that's one thing we will do. and then clearly, we are responding to his concerns $1 billion is being spent to toughen up our border. and we're hoping that republican congressmen and you're harming your own people, and you'll be reducing your own political support in your own country." the members of canadian public, what of public, what sort of are they having conversations are they having amongst about this? amongst themselves about this?
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in the united states as well, lose their markets, consumers pay higher prices. by as much as $0.20 a gallon. bracing themselves, thinking that there might be tariff that is exactly the message that this action sends to no country is safe from these tariffs. it doesn't matter if you're a free—trade agreement partner. a nato or other mutual security treaty partner. on the united states itself.
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coming, particularly for the european union. michael smart, speaking to me a little earlier. here, the prime minister has been holding talks will be attending. to impose tariffs on europe. and in the discussions i've had with donald trump, that's what we have centred on in those strong trading relations, so it's very early days. looking at what the trump administration tariffs could mean for the uk. to navigate, as it tries to forge closer ties to the eu but also maintain a close relationship with the united states.
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of putting tariffs on the eu, the pressure to pick and already, opposition parties here are trying to nudge the government into one direction or the other. are realistic propositions. he's also said today that the matter of brexit it alone, or, in this global tit—for—tat, does it end up helen catt there. for comments he made within hours of the disaster. mr trump suggested — without evidence — diverse aviation workforce. initiatives in safety roles.
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i asked him what he made of trump saying that when he made those comments, no—one had found any evidence responsible for the crash. because i think he probably understood that the media was going to focus on this in the immediate aftermath of the crash and then would move on to other topics. found other conclusions, it'll have moved off
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so this discussion potentially distracting, then, there are those people — relations to those victims — who are waiting to find out what exactly happened. right. political lessons to the outcome. so that was what he set out to do. policies at the federal aviation administration. and there are some, i think, legitimate complaints taken shape over a long period of time. about people with disabilities
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was initiated under his own administration. complicated issue than that. that was to blame here. this was a military helicopter that wandered into airspace so it seems, off the top of our heads — or at least that the defense department was the guilty party rather than the faa. we know that, you know, there has been a shake—up is this a political rhetoric?
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towards diversity and equity programming, which was not really gotten obsessed with it. of how deep and how important these programmes are of what it is. hints at diversity and equity. and i don't know if they've done any kind of a targeted assessment here. of vague suspicions, so it seems pretty haphazard so far. jonathan chait there. new laws aimed at cracking down
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from online predators, will be introduced as part of the crime and policing bill when it comes to parliament. helena wilkinson, bbc news. details of organisations which offer information the co—founder of microsoft and philanthropist bill gates has revealed to the bbc that his foundation has now given away $100 billion. he's been talking to our media editor katie razzall in seattle. what shaped a brilliant but rebellious and challenging in seattle to find out.
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to early computers... at night, i could sneak out, go up, use the computer, and then sneak back in without them knowing. do you think you could still do it? well, it's not that hard. oh, my. that's amazing. now he worries about children's obsession with social media. i think this idea of holding kids back until, say, to see if that's beneficial. i think there's a good chance that that's a smart thing. i think it's in the book...
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who denies he's anti—vax, these vaccines are saving millions of lives. you know, he is misleading people about that. his foundation has now spent billions. how much do you think you've given away? i've given over 100 billion. a boy with the skills, hyperfocus, and ambition to make billions in the tech revolution... i think it's pretty nice, actually. ..now at ease with himself in the house where it all started. katie razzall, bbc news, seattle. amid fears of major flooding. authorities are warning that flood waters could rise
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above the height of the second storey of buildings. could be the worst floods in the region in more than 60 years. the lady was being rescued by emergency services the city of townsville, which is about four hours' drive south of where i am at the moment, is really getting inundated. a couple hours ago, there was a deadline, but they were told it was too late.
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will be a lot more to come. of the worst we've seen in this region in decades. simon atkinson there. the biggest awards ceremony in the music industry, devastating wildfires. emma vardy reports. —— we can take you to some live pictures coming to from los where people are arriving the ceremony and they have in fact been they hate in feet la’ee’n’er’rfeihg’" " " hours. we they heye in feet e’ee’n’er’neihg’" " " hours. we have been keeping eye 77 eye those 77 eye those pictures 77 our eye across those pictures but we are keeping our eye out for those stars you might for those stars that you might expect to be taking their seats the 77 the ceremony,7 the ceremonyiwhich the ceremony,7which will for the ceremony, which will last for hours and hours! i am
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laeng haul-sand haure! ! am there will be lots of performances. emma has77 1 ”s’szeaezbzeewww 7 hasbeenlooking f j:“easzezefilgiiififiaref vardy has been looking more into what place. this week, artists including dr dre and billie eilish were among a star—studded line—up at two benefit concerts in la. said la will recover. despite the doubts over whether the grammys to raise funds and honour the emergency services teams who risked their lives. perhaps the biggest question is whether beyonce will finally win an award for best album, as the most nominated # i love you... #
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by the royal foundation's of young families. 0ur senior royal correspondent daniela relph has more. the princess of wales is continuing her gradual but as we see her do more royal duties, it's clear and early childhood. the princess working with parents, carers and the royal foundation on early childhood has now in her foreword to the publication of the framework,
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aston villa have signed marcus rashford on loan from manchester united until the end of the season. the england international, who's 27, hasn't featured earlier this season he was ready for a "new challenge". rashford, whojoined united at the age of seven, has scored 138 goals in a26 appearances. but he's fallen out of favour with the manager. a reminder of that breaking we you florid. don't forget that you can keep up—to—date with all of our up—to—date with all df dur on �*website on stories on our website and on the bbc news app. that is it from me. carl nasman is coming up from me. carl nasman is coming up next. thank you much up next. thank you very much for stop stay with us for watching stop stay with us on bbc
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hello there. well, for many of us, it was a fine second half of the weekend, with plenty of blue sky and it will turn briefly milder, with many of our temperatures in double figures to start off, but it's wet and windy, frost towards the end of the working week. but this is the rest of tonight, then, more weather fronts approaching the far north—west of scotland. it's quite blustery here and it's also a mild but across south—east england, east anglia, so this is monday morning, then. the winds are lighter further south and east. some brightness across eastern
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scotland, a nice slice england, central/southern england too, but turning rather and south—east england. those weather fronts just gradually sink further southwards and eastwards. and it's mild, particularly across northern ireland, 12 celsius. some of our temperatures will even be in double figures. and eastwards, introducing chillier—feeling air behind it but we're starting off on a wet note for southern scotland, north—west england, down through western wales and south—west england too. up nicely here. staying rather grey but largely dry and mild for south—east england. this is the colder air, of course, digging in behind our cold front,
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which will be clearing away as we head through tuesday night and into wednesday. but what you'll really notice is that the temperatures start to slip away. cooler air — marked in blue here — starting to push in, and that's going to be with us as we head through the rest of the week. with overnight frosts. bye—bye for now.
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this is bbc news worth it in the long run. threatened to seize control. la hosts the grammys, with beyonce and taylor swift up for album of the year. hello, i'm carl nasman. president trump has warned americans there could be �*some pain' ahead after ordering 25% tariffs on most goods the countries were �*ripping off�* america.
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