ben wright, bbc news, westminster.: russia has agreed to rejoin the black sea grain export deal three days after it pulled out over an attack on its naval base in occupied cry my ray. it says it received -- crimea. it now says it received word that they will not attack the fleet. here is -- >> they have the right to withdraw from these agreements if these guarantees are breached by ukraine. in any case, even if russia pulls out of this deal, we will be ready to supply the entire volume of grain that was supplied from ukraine to the poorest countries which is only 4%. karin: the kremlin hted its backing of the deal saturday accusing ukraine of using a safety corridor to launch this attack. russia blamed ukraine while ukraine called the russian accusations a false pretext. the export corridor is incredibly important for global food security. after russia invaded ukraine in february, it imposed a blockade on the sea ports, trapping around 20 million tons of grain t for export. along with maze and sunflower oil. ukraine is

ben wright, bbc news.s, the democrats have retained control of the senate in the mid—term elections, after winning a pivotal race in the state of nevada. president biden said he was incredibly pleased by the results, which are a blow to donald trump's hopes of running again for the white house. the deciding moment in the battle for control of the senate came when us networks called the nevada race for democratic incumbent catherine cortez masto, giving the party the 50 seats it needs for an effective majority. catherine cortez masto has delivered her victory speech in the past few hours — let's listen to a little of what she said. thank you nevada. thank you. cheering and applause i am so grateful to every volunteer who knocked on doors, who made phone calls, who wrote post cards and letters and who had the courage to publicly stand up, and fight for our state. you are watching bbc news. people across the uk have paid their respects to those who have lost their lives during war. at the cenotaph in london,

ben wright, bbc news.arlier, it's thought thatjeremy hunt plans to freeze income tax thresholds until 2028 in order to raise more money through tax. this is what those tax thresholds look like at the moment — and remember, you don't pay any tax on earnings up to £12,500. so what more do we know about the chancellor's plans? 0ur economics editor faisal islam is here. what do we know? the big picture from the chancellor's _ what do we know? the big picture from the chancellor's words - what do we know? the big picture from the chancellor's words today| what do we know? the big picture i from the chancellor's words today as tax rises for all, but a more targeted, potentially much more targeted, potentially much more targeted, form of energy support. that is what we are going to get on thursday. you mentioned those thresholds, ordinarily they go up inflation, so they are adjusted in line with inflation. when they are kept frozen, in cash terms, that means much more of people's salaries in the tax system and in

ben wright, bbc news. let's look at some of the day's other news.e channel to the uk so far this year. there were more arrivals at dover this morning. the ministry of defence said almost a thousand people made the crossing on saturday. voters in slovenia have elected the country's first—ever female head of state. natasha pirtz moosar won the second round of the presidential election over the former foreign minister, anzhe logar. ms pirtz moosar ran as an independent. she's a former tv news presenter and the lawyer for the former us first lady, melania trump. the sequel to the 2018 oscar—nominated, superhero film black panther has set a november box office record in its opening weekend in the us and canada. wakanda forever sold $180 million in tickets. karthi has all the sport. hello, and thanks forjoining us. england's cricketers are double world champions, achieving the feat for the first time in the men's game. they defeated pakistan by five wickets in austrlia to add the t20 world cup to the 50 over title that they won in 2019. for ben stokes, mo

coming years are expected to be set out in thursday's autumn statement. 0ur political correspondent ben wrightor those of you that have been following a certain reality tv programme, meanwhile, on the itv programme i'm a celebrity get me out of here, a celebrity get me out of here, former health secretary, matt hancock, has reiterated his regret for breaking social distancing guidelines during the covid pandemic — and said he was looking for "forgiveness". it followed him facing some critical questions from his celebrity campmates about his role as health secretary at the time. let's take a look: my aunt died from covid in the first wave. we couldn't go to hospital to visit her. i had to sit by myself in the church at her funeral. we couldn't hug each other because we were following guidance. yeah. and i get that you fell in love, i understand all of those things, but sorry for a lot of families like mine doesn't really cut it. well, there you go, that is one of the reasons that i... that i regret it as much as i do. do you have any regrets regarding the way that as health minister you dealt w

ben wright, bbc news.protests in iran. the protests began around two months ago, after a 22—year—old woman, mahsa amini, died in custody after being arrested for not fully covering her hair in accordance with the country's strict morality rules. ardalan from the bbc�*s persian service has more on the significance of this death sentence. this person who has been sentenced to death was accused of very heavy charges and around that carry the death penalty corruption on earth and waging war on death penalty corruption on earth and waging war on god. death penalty corruption on earth and waging war on god. when death penalty corruption on earth and waging war on god. when you death penalty corruption on earth and waging war on god. when you read the task tend to make text of the court proceedings, this person was allegedly involved in vandalism and setting fire to motorbikes and their five other people at least that we know who have been accused of similar charges, but this is the first person we are hearing ab

ben wright, bbc news.ent marc ashdown is here. the chancellor says there will be "difficult decisions". that means some big figures when it comes to government spending and the taxes we pay. we expect there'll be spending cuts of about £35 billion, and plans to raise some £20 billion in tax over the coming years. so what could this all look like for you in terms of your income tax? well, tax thresholds are important. here are the main ones. and we will bring them up for you now. you don't pay any tax on earnings up to £12,500. and these are the levels of what you pay above that, depending on how much you earn. now, they normally creep up every year with inflation. but they're currently frozen until 2026. and jeremy hunt might extend that freeze to 2028. so as wages rise, we would all pay more in tax. what about the top rate of 45%? we're hearing the threshold for that could be lowered to £125,000, meaning more people would start to pay it. all this could raise billions of pounds for the treasury.

ben wright, bbc news, westminster.n companies are running reduced services today even though three days of strikes by the rmt union, including one scheduled for today, have been cancelled. the strikes were called off on friday, but that was too late for many services to be reinstated. let's speak to our transport correspondent katy austin, who's at king's cross station in london. so is still a lot of disruption for people? so is still a lot of disruption for eo - le? 2, so is still a lot of disruption for --eole? . , people? that is right, some passengers _ people? that is right, some passengers have _ people? that is right, some passengers have been - people? that is right, some i passengers have been finding people? that is right, some - passengers have been finding this really confusing. it was on friday the rmt called off the strike to go into a period of intense negotiations, but there is still a lot of disruption around and they will be a little bit tomorrow as well. the signal workers have been back at work sinc

ben wright, bbc news, westminster.lso from his own party. alok sharma who was president of the cop26 said he was disappointed that he was not going and world leaders as well saying does this mean the uk is backing away from climate commitments. so a big momentum for him to go to cop27 and i think the un will be pleased that he is going. it is significant i think that leaders do attend particularly because the uk was host to the last un climate conference and there is a kind of ceremony for you hand over responsibility from the current host to the next host, the uk to egypt. i think the egyptians and the un will be pleased that rishi sunak will be there to oversee the process. will it move the needle on climate change negotiations? maybe a bit, i spoke to the un secretary—general last week and he said leaders are important, they turn up and they play a role in galvanising the meetings and they bring energy and encourage negotiators who do the behind—the—scenes kind of deals to kind of aim high and be ambitious about the

coming years are expected to be set out in thursday's autumn statement. 0ur political correspondent ben wrightore details about what we could expect. i think it will be the defining political and economic moment of rishi sunak�*s government. the consequences and the legacy of this will last for years, in terms of taxes and public spending. and we know that the size of the fiscal hole that it is called, the gap between what the government spends and what it is getting in on taxes, the government reckons it is about £55 billion a year, so they are the raw sums that the chancellor is dealing with. and he has already warned of eye—wateringly difficult choices as he approaches the statement. now, we won't know, of course, the exact details about the plan until the chancellor stands up on thursday but sources close to the spreadsheets are giving us some sense of what is likely to be in this plan. 0n taxes, i mean, the government does not want to put up taxes directly but there is a way of raising a lot more revenue from all of this by freezing tax thresholds where they currently are, so the more peo

on income tax and increase the levy on the profits of energy firms. 0ur political correspondent ben wrightct. i think it will be the defining political and economic moment of rishi sunak�*s government. the consequences and legacy of this will last for years, in terms of taxes and public spending. we know the size of the fiscal whole, it is called, the fiscal whole, it is called, the between what the government spends and what it is getting in taxes, government reckons it is about £55 billion per year. so are the raw sums the chancellor is dealing with. he has already warned of eye watering the difficult choices is he approaches this statement. we will not know the exact details about the plan until the chancellor stands up on thursday, but sources close to the spreadsheets are giving us some sense of what is likely to be in this plan. 0n taxes, the government doesn't want to put up taxes directly, but there is a way of raising a lot more revenue from all of us by freezing tax thresholds where they currently are. so the more that people earn, as their wages go up, if the tax thresholds are

adding it was unlikely mr sunak would watch the programme. 0ur correspondent ben wright is in westminstere who have lost loved ones during the pandemic, for example. families of the bereaved to diet during covid—i9, they have expressed their anger today, accusing matt hancock of trying to cash in with a citizens terrible legacy it's hard to find any support or enthusiasm for his jaunt to the jungle and number ten clearly was caught on by this and very quickly that the tory party whip withdrawn so he cannot sit as a conservative mp of the house of commons and said the same thing was done to needing doors when she did this a decade ago. and certainly in the short term, at the end of any aspirations to return to front—line politics, he had backed rishi sunak enthusiastically and he may have been hoping for a return to a governmentjob with rishi sunak becoming prime minister. he thought about becoming and wanted to become the chair of the treasury select committee and the point of that process earlier and he says what else to lose, i'll go for. and he then he said that he thinks that this is

ben wright, bbc news, westminster.ernoon, the leaders of all kent's councils have written a stinging letter to the home secretary, warning the county is at breaking point dealing with the migrant issue. it says the situation at manston migrant centre is critical — and the risk of disorder is growing. an asylum seeker, who was recently at manston in kent told the bbc it was like being held in a prison camp. when i stayed in this place every day i'm thinking about why i'm here. i don't know. i'm not doing anything wrong. i'm just getting out my country to get freedom. and if you live in this place, you can't sleep, you can't eat. you know, 2a days i stayed in there, for six days i'm fasting because i don't have a lot of food. i can't eat. we can't go to the toilet. we can't take a shower, take a bath. we don't have new clothes. in the one tent, it's like a zoo, i swear. they see us like animals. we have a lot of people sick in there. they have a skin, you know, they have an injury in their skin. they also have a special,

let's get more from our political correspondent, been right —— ben wright. correspondent, been right constitutes harmful content, what role should the government have in regulating the internet companies, how much should companies be responsible, what sort of finds should they be respected to? this has been very controversial, particularly the issue around illegal but harmful confident, which pitted libertarian free—speech conservatives against others within the tory party. i think the government feels now that it has a compromising place to get this under the statute. this legislation that are even handed overfrom one sector to the next. if it doesn't get to the house of commons and lords by next may, you will be back to the drawing board completely. ministers hope this latest iteration will command enough support to make it through. it could be another two years for ofcom to come up with new codes of practice to put this new measure into play. ben codes of practice to put this new measure into play.— codes of practice to put this new measure into play. ben wright, thank ou ve measu

every year and seen as a test for the new prime minister rishi sunak. 0ur political correspondent ben wrightning political and economic moment of rishi sunak�*s government. the consequences and legacy of this then will last for years in terms of taxes and public spending. and we know that the size of fiscal hole that it's called — the gap between what the government spends and what is going in in taxes — the government reckon is about £55 billion a year. so they are the raw sums that the chancellor is dealing with. and he's already warned of eye—wateringly difficult choices as he approaches this statement. we won't of course know the exact details of plan until the chancellor stands up on thursday, but sources close to the spread sheets are giving us some sense of what's likely to be in this plan. 0n taxes, i mean, the government does not want to put up taxes directly, but there is a way of raising a lot more revenue from all of us by freezing tax thresholds where they currently are. so, the more people earn, as their wages go up, if the tax threshholds are frozen, then they end up paying mo

ben wright, bbc news. joining me now as a manager of the food bank in south—west london.ependent food _ how many people you help? it is a small independent food bank - how many people you help? it is a small independent food bank in i small independent food bank in south—west london. we only operate a morning a week, but we are really worried about what we are seeing this morning, we used up 25—30 households a week, well over 100 now, and we are really worried about notjust now, and we are really worried about not just the now, and we are really worried about notjust the rising numbers, but people are coming to us in much more extreme states of suffering and deprivation. we are regularly seeing people that come to us with nothing, have not eaten for days, the cupboards are bare, we used to see that once every few months, so a really worrying time. the that once every few months, so a really worrying time. the numbers of --eole ou really worrying time. the numbers of people you help _ really worrying time. the numbers of people you help each _ really worrying time. the num

our political correspondent ben wright reports. economy at the toughest of times. on thursdayjeremy hunt will explain how the government plans to tackle rampant inflation, a cost of living crisis and an economy sliding into recession and grisly government finances. today, his tone was sombre, his words stark. we are going to see everyone paying more tax. we're going to see spending cuts. but i think it's very important to say, we are a resilient country. the details will be revealed in parliament, but income tax thresholds are likely to be frozen for the next six years, raising billions for the treasury. with public spending set to be squeezed too, mr hunt said his plans would disappoint people but promised to protect the most vulnerable. i will be honest, i will be fair and it will be a balanced approach that recognises that the economy is struggling at the moment, businesses are struggling, families are struggling and we need to help people through a difficult time whilst putting in place the long term plan that gets us through t

attend next week's cop27 climate summit in egypt, following widespread criticism. 0ur correspondent ben wrightrt. are you failing on immigration, prime minister? fix, are you failing on immigration, prime minister?— are you failing on immigration, prime minister? �* ~ . . ., prime minister? a week in charge and the government's _ prime minister? a week in charge and the government's under— prime minister? a week in charge and the government's under question. - the government's under question. rishi sunak headed to the commons for his second question time as prime minister. with britain's immigration and asylum system in the spotlight. in particular, overcrowded conditions at this holding centre at manston in kent and the continuing problem of small boats crossing the channel. describing the asylum system is broken the labour leader tried to keep the political heat on home secretary suella braverman. qggg secretary suella braverman. 4000 eo - le secretary suella braverman. 4000 peeple deep _ secretary suella braverman. 4000 people deep manston _ secretary suella braverman. 4000 people deep manst

our political correspondent ben wright gave me this update from westminster. bill started by david cameron and the scope of this bill expanding dramatically in the premiership of borisjohnson, premiership of boris johnson, theresa premiership of borisjohnson, theresa may before that and has proved controversial throughout. it's proved controversial throughout. it�*s a big question is mps are wrestling with this, what constitutes harmful content, what role should the government have in regulating the internet companies, how much the companies themselves be responsible what function of the beast subjected to if it is causing a lot of harm. this is been controversial particularly around harmful content and free—speech conservatives against others in the tory party who did want more government action that think the government action that think the government feels now that it has a chance of getting this on the statute book by the spring of next year and that will be imperative because this legislation is very been carried over from because this legislation is ver

our political correspondent, ben wright, is in westminster. ervative minister said he was a prat. constituents in his former separate constituency are angry as well. the reaction has been negative. i am sure some mps will be tuning in to watch matt hancock eat a variety ofjungle delicacies. an acceptance on the part of matt hancock that despite having been a very ambitious politician earlier in his career, he wanted to return to the cabinet or a ministerialjob under the premiership of rishi sunak. he now embarks on a different career. ., ~' sunak. he now embarks on a different career. ., ~ , ., y . counter—terrorism police are now leading the investigation into a firebomb attack at a dover immigration centre on sunday. several petrol bombs were thrown at the site by a man, who was laterfound dead. our correspondent simonjones is in dover this morning. simon, what's the latest on this? the attack happened in an area of the pull down there where migrants are brought once they are picked up in the channel. 0n are brought once they are picked up in

ben wright, bbc news, westminster. let's talk to our political correspondent damian grammaticas. complaints process about the messages from gavin williamson, but what is the status as to whether there is an inquiry or investigation? i think you have some new information on that. yes. investigation? i think you have some new information on that.— new information on that. yes, what we have been _ new information on that. yes, what we have been told _ new information on that. yes, what we have been told by _ new information on that. yes, what we have been told by the _ we have been told by the conservative party is that there is what is called a complaints process under way. as you indicated, there had been a bit of an assumption that an investigation was happening into this and what we have, it is worth saying, is a sort of prior step to that. wendy morton, who was the chief whip who receive these messages, which she found pretty disturbing, full of expletives and implicit threat in their from gavin williamson and she had handed those over to the party and raised the issue, but wha

ben wright, bbc news, westminster.s naval base in occupied crimea. it now says it's received assurances from kyiv that the grain corridor would not be used to attack its fleet. here's russia's president. translation: russia reservesl the right to withdraw from these agreements if the guarantees are breached by ukraine. in any case, even if russia pulls out of this deal we will as we said earlier, be ready to supply the entire volume of grain supplied from ukraine to the poorest country, which is only 4%. the kremlin halted its backing of the deal on saturday accusing ukraine of using a safety corridor to launch this attack in sevastapol. russia blamed ukraine, while ukraine called the russian accusations a "false pretext". the export corridor is incredibly important for global food security. after russia invaded ukraine in february, it imposed a blockade on ukraine's black sea ports, trapping about 20 million tonnes of grain meant for export — along with maize and sunflower oil. ukraine is a major supplier of key crops

our political correspondent, ben wright, is in westminster. eports about the composition of those who have made illegal crossings here to the uk. there has been some response from the albanian prime minister? there has. morning, naga. on several fronts the government is under massive pressure when it comes to its asylum and immigration policy. the prime minister yesterday said this was a serious and escalating problem. there is the issue of the manston camp, or centre, which is clearly overcrowded. last night the immigration minister robertjenrick said there were about 3500 people there at the moment, weigh in excess of the capacity it was designed for. hotel accommodation was being sought for people there. at the big picture clearly is that the arrivals of small boats continues. there has been a particular focus on the number of albanians coming to britain. about a 12,000 so far this year. suella braverman, the home secretary, speaking in the house of commons earlier this week, talked about an invasion on the south coast and did name albanians

ben wright, thank you very much.ne if i was a member of this community i would want to know what my true test result was. what we have been trying to do for several months now is get a reanalysis of tests. but having failed to achieve that, we are still trying. we have tried to do is take the right precautionary access from when we immediately discovered the incident and we have tried to get a best estimate of what we think might happen. it is important that where we have these models data that does not translate definitively to an individual, family, infection or a death. what it says, this is broadly what might have happened and as you noted, we think it is possible that around 20 deaths may have resulted from addition infections and hospitalisation.— from addition infections and hospitalisation. from addition infections and hositalisation. , ., , hospitalisation. doctorjenny harris from the hsa- _ hospitalisation. doctorjenny harris from the hsa. matthew, _ hospitalisation. doctorjenny harris from the hsa. matthew

i caught up with our political correspondent ben wright earlier.mmigration and asylum system for which there is no easy answer. this is a government which has been in powerfor 12 years and is a government which has been in power for 12 years and i think the language that suella braverman has been using, this being an invasion does not do the government any help actually when it comes to how people are going tojudge actually when it comes to how people are going to judge their record. where it goes from here is the question. as robertjenrick said today, there are no easy fixes today. there is this huge scythe and backlog people are waiting 1a months to have their request process. there is no easy solution to people leaving the french coast in small boats and coming over to england. the government believes there needs to be a deal made urgently with france but people aren't sure what that deal would look like. the home office and agencies attached to it need to be much better at getting those asylum applications processed. this is a systemic problem

ben wright, bbc news.nly buy products from primark, by visiting a store and they still won't deliver, it's only click and collect. emma simpson has had exclusive access to the company's manchester megastore, to find out more. next, please! you don't see queues like this in many shops these days. it is the budget chain where baskets are filled to the brim. and where some shoppers are now spending to save. to be honest, i bought stuff to keep me warm in the flat because it's really cold in my flat at the moment. i've got storage heaters and they cost of fortune. and they cost a fortune. so i've just been upstairs and got warm jackets, like hoodies and things like that just to wear, really. just to add a bit of layer and a bit of warmth. freezing. no heating on. costs too much, so we've got our dad in a care home and stuff so we just can't afford it. we are just buying warm bits. warm bits? yeah, just wrap up nice and warm. this is the snoodie department. 0versized hoodies doing a roaring trade as temperature

ben wright, bbc news.ll speak to karishma vaswani who is in bali where the g20 meeting is taking place, but first let's go to westminster and our chief political correspondent nick eardley. i know it is only monday but what can we expect to hear from jeremy hunt later in the week?— hunt later in the week? good morning- _ hunt later in the week? good morning- i — hunt later in the week? good morning. i think— hunt later in the week? good morning. i think we _ hunt later in the week? good morning. i think we have - hunt later in the week? good morning. i think we have a i hunt later in the week? good - morning. i think we have a decent idea of what the chancellor is working on in number 11 and what we are likely to see on thursday. we have the prime minister saying on the plane overnight that he wants to get the government finances back in a sustainable place to try to calm the markets after some of the turmoil of the past weeks. it will mean two things, tax increases for everybody. that could mean things li

but he has chosen a strong team and i think it is a good cabinet. 0ur political correspondent, ben wrightyes, and i think the key one that _ sunak to ask. yes, and i think the key one that sir _ sunak to ask. yes, and i think the key one that sir keir _ sunak to ask. yes, and i think the key one that sir keir starmer i sunak to ask. yes, and i think the i key one that sir keir starmer might go on is why rishi sunak decided it was wise and sensible to bring gavin williamson back into government, knowing and he had been told this on the day he was appointed, that there had been a complaint put forward by the x chief whip 20 morton to tory party hq about all those messages she received from gavin williamson, around what he felt was the unfair allocation of tickets to the queen of the s funeral. we are told rishi sunak news that a complaint had been made and he must have known that gavin williamson is a controversial figure within the tory party but felt it was prudent to have him inside the tent, rather than outside it. he had rishi sunak during the summer campaign and knows how to operate w

he would accept an increase in the immigration of skilled workers. 0ur political correspondent ben wrightess. 0f progrowth and pro—business. of course the economic backdrop to this conference is pretty bleak, the country is in recession, productivity is very low, growth has stalled, and one thing that businesses would like to see certainly, the cbi they have been urging listeners to loosen up the people that can be brought into the country. keir starmer did not give the cbi what they wanted on that, saying that controlled migration was essential. this is what the labour leader said. 0ur common goal must be to help the british economy off its immigration dependency. the days when low pay and cheap labour are part of the british way on growth must end. he said that he would not agree to an arbitrary target on the number of economic migrants who would like to see in the country year by year and insisted that the party would have a pragmatic approach to this question and if there was going to be an increase in the number of skilled migrants coming in, he would expect businesses to do more the

understood most of the extra revenue will come from freezing tax thresholds. 0ur political correspondent ben wrightr, jeremy hunt, has already talked about horrible, eye—wateringly difficult decisions that he's going to have to make on thursday when he delivers this statement to the commons. it's not being called a budget, but i think it will feel like a budget to everybody watching. and it's clear that tax rises, and certainly a squeeze to public spending in the short term is coming, as the government tries to fill in the black hole in the public finances and crucially convince financial markets that it's got a plan for bringing down the country's debt. so on tax, its expected that the government will freeze income tax thresholds until 2028. that means that even though people's wages might be going up, the government will still scoop up quite a lot of that money. sources are also indicating that the top rate of tax, the 45p rate — that could kick in when people start earning £125,000 rather than £150,000, as they do at the moment. it's going to be a very difficult time for the public sector, and g

thank you. 0ur political correspondent ben wright is at westminster — mounting pressure? far more than the facilities capable or decide to hold, so she will be assessing the situation and trying to work out how to un—gum the system. suella braverman reluctant to talk today but somebody who is is the albanian prime minister edi rama, he has been responding to a lot of the focus going on here on the number of albanians coming over in small boats, crossing the channel over the course of this year, numbers have been rising dramatically, between september, may to september, albanian nationals alone accounted for almost a0% of people making the crossing in small boats. suella braverman said there is a real problem with people trying to exploit the modern slavery laws, conversations about criminal gangs, she says are operating, but the albanian prime minister was on newsnight, taking exception to some of the rhetoric. it is about failed policies, not about— it is about failed policies, not about albanians or aliens or gangsters, but it is about failed policies — gangsters, but i

our political correspondent ben wright is at westminster.egretted the fact that he had gone and he regretted appointing him to the cabinet in the first place. i think it was under pressure from the labour leader that rishi sunak had to move and it was clarified after pmqs by the prime minister possibly as press secretary that it was gavin williamson who ask for his meeting yesterday evening with rishi sunak and he tended his resignation, he was not booted out by the prime minister and i think that remains a sort of problematic for rishi sunak, as he claims to have started a government afresh with integrity and professionalism at its heart. and professionalism at its heart. and what do you _ professionalism at its heart. and what do you make of this being the end of the matter, the resignation, is that it now? i end of the matter, the resignation, is that it now?— is that it now? i think it probably is. there was _ is that it now? i think it probably is. there was a _ is that it now? i think it probably is. there was a risk _ is that it now?

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