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i'm great fan of helen dunmore and i think this is outstanding work. think this is outstanding work.cgregor book is very fine but also be biography category. but also be biography category. so it will be a difficult choice. it will be a difficult choice. you're hedging your bets! many thanks and good to talk to you. thanks and good to talk to you. for the winner as well the cheque for £30,000. for £30,000. this evening here on the bbc news channel. stay with us for that. look forward to that. let's check on the weather forecast now. the weather forecast now. temperatures have taken a dip this week but will get even lower. week but will get even lower. outbreaks of rain are pushing south across the uk through the night. across the uk through the night. starts to move in with the showers turning increasingly wintry. turning increasingly wintry. beware of some icy stretches in the morning. morning. the south with sunny skies following on behind. on behind. these are the by the end of the afternoon. of the afternoon. overnight slightly using during thursday. thursday. around on thursday

agree to trump's demands so american reporting now what the iranian foreign minister has hit back at dunmore trying to trying to scupper the nuclear deal. trumps policy and today's announcement amounts are desperate attempts to undermine a solid multilateral agreement j c p a is not renegotiate rather than repeating tired rhetoric the us must bring itself into full compliance just like iran is the president that makes it hard decisions and you have to go one day at a time and don't place too much. in his all to meet them today because this deal serves uses national interest. defense secretary mattis and rex tillerson and others and we've heard from the various european leaders just a couple of days ago that this is working. through nine reports has confirmed that iran has fully fulfill its obligations so there is really no rationale or justification for trump to go against the crowd and really you know land a big stop on the u.s.s. cole debility international scene. now while the u.s. is trying to suppress around nuclear industry the pentagon has been busy working on a major revamp of its ow

americans complained loudly when lord dunmore and other imperial officials offered to free slaves who came within british lines, but the americans themselves did similar things. continental congress offered to pay masters who emancipated 3000 slaves for military service. several states adopted a similar policy. war had gone from being the largest single source of slaves to being the largest single source of emancipated slaves. that required a political decision, not strictly a military one. by the closing decades of the 18th century, there was something like a consensus among statesmen that belligerents could offer freedom to slaves in exchange for military service. the irony is that the consensus in favor of emancipation generated a host of issues, some diplomatic and some political. although the united states agreed that slaves who had escaped to the british were fully emancipated, for example, the two nations spent decades arguing over the status of slaves who had escaped to british lines at the beginning of the war but were on american soil when the war ended. there was spillover

book of the year is inside the waves by helen dunmore. by helen dunmore.ceremony. good evening from a very noisy restaurant in central london. restaurant in central london. final collection of poetry, inside the wave. the wave. it has won are the costa book of the year. book of the year. say that her daughter is here with me. me. thank you for coming to talk to us on bbc news. us on bbc news. must be a rather bittersweet moment for you? for you? it is an absolutely wonderful moment, actually. wonderful moment, actually. we were so proud of mum's collection. so proud of mum's collection. they came out when mum was still alive. came out when mum was still alive. but absolutely amazing to see her win this prize. win this prize. she would have been totally thrilled. she was a poet at heart. she began as a poet. was at the heart and soul of everything she did. everything she did. which were very lyrical, poetry came and through. and through. i would say we are utterly delighted. utterly delighted. that is wonderful to hear. to hear. you think she would have bee

dunmore for her final collection of poetry, inside the way. poetry, inside the way. —— inside the waveroduction. will take the podium. grandson of the late bobbie kennedy assassinated in 1968. and great nephew of the late presidentjfk and sen. president reagan's state of the union. lets speak to our north american reporter anthony zurcher. union for obvious reasons but how important is the response? important is the response? well and to contrast with the president. president. is difficult to match that and go toe to toe with that in response. toe to toe with that in response. responder has been overshadowed a little bit. little bit. was famous for taking a drink of water in the middle of its response. water in the middle of its response. putting the spotlight they tend to wilt. it can make or break a career. response to the final barack 0bama stayed of the union address. stayed of the union address. domestic concerns after the nomination of hillary clinton. nomination of hillary clinton. message and setting the stage for the midterms. quite a shop window. but in a way it is to the you

the poet helen dunmore has won the costa book of the year award for a collection written in the finalthe work, why she thinks it is a positive piece despite it dealing with her mum's cancer diagnosis and impending death. the historic disappearance of a girl from a small welsh village is the subject of the bbc‘s new drama requiem. we'll speak to the show‘s star, lybia wilson, to find out why the supernatural thriller could leave you feeling spooked! here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. the prime minister has responded to days of attacks by declaring she's not a quitter. theresa may is said to journalists there was a long—term job to be done and she is serving her country and party. she made the comments before touching down in china on a trade mission. she hopes to strengthen relationships with beijing and said she wouldn't shy away from the difficult issues. president trump has said he's taken forward his righteous mission to make america great again during his first year in office. in his first state of the union address, mr trump said he'd introduced record tax cu