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Tonight at Ten: The FBI confirms for the first time

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it is investigating possible links between Russia and the Trump

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James Comey tells Congress that among the claims being investigated

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is that Russia interfered in the US democratic process.

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And that includes investigating the nature of any links,

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between individuals associated with the Trump campaign,

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And whether there was any coordination between the campaign

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But the President is unmoved dismissing the claims as more fake

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news, a message relayed by his spokesman.

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You can continue to look for something, but continuing

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to look for something that doesn't exist doesn't matter.

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We'll have the latest from Washington, where the FBI's

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evidence has rocked the political establishment.

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Theresa May will start the process of negotiating Britain's exit

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from the European Union in nine days' time.

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Google has apologised for placing online adverts

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A special report from northern Nigeria where thousands are at risk

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from continuing violence in the fight against

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And it's a very happy birthday for Dame Vera Lynn,

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Coming up in Sportsday on BBC News: Jermaine Defoe, striker at

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relegation-threatened Sunderland, says he must play in the Premier

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League if he's going to reach the next World Cup with England.

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For the first time, the director of the FBI has confirmed publicly

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that he's investigating allegations of collusion between the Trump

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presidential campaign and the Russian government before

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James Comey also told a Congressional hearing there was no

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evidence to support Mr Trump's claims that his home

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had been wiretapped by the Obama administration.

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Hours before the committee hearing began, the President dismissed

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allegations of collusion as fake news.

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Let's join our North America editor Jon Sopel at the White House.

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Since Donald Trump moved in here, the Kremlin has cast a long shadow

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over this White House, a whole pile of allegations and questions, most

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notably, was there collusion between the Trump campaign when he was

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running for president and the Russian government? But other

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questions have also emerged, did Barack Obama wiretap the phones are

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Trump Tower and did he have British assistance?

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The FBI as part of our counterintelligence mission is

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investigating the Russian government's efforts to interfere in

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the 2016 presidential election and that includes investigating the

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nature of any links between individuals associated with the

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Trump campaign and the Russian government and whether there was any

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coordination between the campaign and Russia's efforts. On the detail

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of the investigation into Russian collusion, James Komi wouldn't be

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drawn but what about the president's claims that his predecessor Barack

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Obama had wiretapped Trump Tower? With respect to the president's

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tweet about alleged wiretapping directed at him by the prior

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administration I have no information that supports most tweets and we

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have looked carefully inside the FBI. So President Obama could not

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unilaterally order wiretap of anyone? No president could. Were you

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engaged in McCarthyism? I try very hard not to engage in any isms of

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any kind. Then he turned to the director of the national Security

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agency to us questions about British involvement. Did you ever request

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your counterparts in GCHQ should wiretap President Trump on behalf of

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Barack Obama? No, that would be expressly against the construct of

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the agreement that has been in place for decades. Does it do damage to

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our relationship with one of our closest intelligence partners for

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the president to make a baseless cream that the British participated

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in a conspiracy against him? I think it clearly frustrates a key ally of

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hours. I believe the restriction -- relationship is strong enough to

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deal with this. Donald Trump tweeted: This story is fake news and

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everyone knows it. And the real story that Congress and the FBI and

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all others should be looking into is the leaking of classified

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information. And at the White House briefing, were they getting ready to

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host the white flag? Of course they weren't. Is the president prepared

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to withdraw the accusation and apologise? No, we started hearing,

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it is still ongoing. As for collusion with the Russians, what

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collusion? There is nothing that leads them to believe that exists.

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The president today was with the Iraqi Prime Minister and he even got

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in on the act, grabbing his arm at the end and saying, we had nothing

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to do with the wiretapping. It's not recorded whether the president

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laughed at his joke. We have a director of the FBI

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publicly at odds with the president of the United States, what are the

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repercussions potentially of that? It is an extraordinary pinch

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yourself moment we have witnessed today. The leader of the prime law

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agency announcing there is to be an inquiry on going into whether there

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was collusion between Donald Trump supporters during the election

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campaign and the Moscow government. That is extraordinary in itself but

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we have also had the kind of leader of the FBI saying you know those

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allegations that Donald Trump made 16 days ago about Trump Tower being

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phone tapped by Barack Obama? That is all nonsense too, publicly

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putting himself at odds with the president, then you have the NSA

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director reacting to the suggestion that somehow British agents might

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have been involved, saying that is all stuff and nonsense, there is no

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truth to that whatsoever. You haven't had a climb-down from the

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White House, they continue to believe their claims need to be

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investigated. Suppose the one source of comfort for Donald Trump in all

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of this is that this is going to be months, possibly years before it

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will be resolved, but that's also the nightmare, the cloud of Russia

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still hangs this place. -- over this place.

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The process of negotiating Britain's departure from the European Union

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Downing Street has announced that Theresa May will trigger Article 50

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of the Lisbon Treaty the formal exit process on the 29th of March.

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The European Commission has said everything is ready

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Mrs May promised to negotiate hard for Britain's interests

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but opponents say it's extraordinary to start the process without clarity

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about the plans as our political correspondent Vicki Young reports.

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She is stepping into Britain's most important

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During a trip to Swansea, Theresa May said her aims were clear.

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Those include getting a good free trade deal,

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they include putting issues like our continued working together

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on issues like security at the core of what we are doing.

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We are going to be out there negotiating hard,

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delivering on what the British people voted for.

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In Brussels, they've been waiting for Britain to make its move.

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Now we know it will come on the 29th.

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Yes, everything is ready on this side.

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The President of the European Council tweeted that he would

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respond swiftly next week with negotiating guidelines for

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The formal process of triggering Article 50 will happen on March

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the 29th when the Prime Minister sends a letter to Donald Tusk.

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Talks could then start in May or June and negotiators have up to

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For ardent Brexit campaigners in Westminster tonight,

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Others though say the Prime Minister has failed to provide any

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Across Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland,

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That means the prospect of crashing out of the EU without a deal

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is a very real prospect and that would be highly disruptive

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Whether we like it or not, big change is coming.

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And I think it's disappointing that the Prime Minister hasn't tried

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to seek agreement and compromise with the Scottish Government

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and other devolved administrations before she did this.

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Theresa May's government faces a monumental task,

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negotiating an exit deal that doesn't punish the UK.

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Sorting out a new trade deal with the EU that won't harm

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And, alongside all of that, here in parliament, numerous laws

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will be needed to set up new systems covering everything from immigration

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Ministers insisted today they are preparing for all eventualities,

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deal. But they are optimistic about talks.

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I think it's manifestly in the interests not just of the UK

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but of the continuing European Union that there should be a sensible

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This Vogue magazine fashion shoot released today shows

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Next week she'll embark on a much tougher assignment.

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Our Europe editor Katya Adler is in Brussels.

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The Prime Minister today talked about negotiating hard, is it fair

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to say there is every sign in the European Community as well that they

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will negotiate hard? We did hear very tough words from Jean-Claude

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Juncker at the weekend when he said that when you see the Brexit deal

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and no other country will want to leave, but I think we are in that

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stage now where the Brexit negotiating boxes are in the ring

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but they haven't come based to fist so they try to look menacing and

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that goes for the UK Government with its robust statements as much as for

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the EU. The EU worries other countries could be tempted out of

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the door and yet there is a sense of relief in Brussels tonight, the

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looming threat of Brexit now takes concrete form with the process

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starting on Wednesday. Better done and over with, they think here, so

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the EU can move on. And while the commission will be the lead

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negotiator for the EU, it is EU countries that call the shots. There

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will be a summit in about five weeks to discuss guidelines and red lines

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but don't expect much to happen before the autumn. It is preferred

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here to get elections in France and Germany out of the way first. Thank

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you. The Labour Party is in

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the grip of a civil war, deputy leader Tom Watson, who's

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declared that there's a secret plot by left-wing supporters

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of Jeremy Corbyn which could destroy Mr Watson was reacting to claims

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that the grassroots Momentum group which helped make Mr Corbyn leader

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is hoping to get financial support from Britain's

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largest trade union Unite. Our deputy political editor

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John Pienaar reports. He keeps saying he

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loves being leader. Morning, Mr Corbyn -

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is there a plot to take Life's tough for Labour on a good

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day, and this was a bad one. As his team gathered together,

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the party tore itself apart, and his deputy condemned

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what he called a new and Of a secret plan by the hard left

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to take control of the Labour Party, using the members' money from Unite

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the union to organise It threatens our very existence

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as an electoral force in the land - Momentum is the party leader's army

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of loyal supporters. Its founder, Jon Lansman,

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was recorded guiding members to change Labour's rules to help

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another left-winger succeed Jeremy Corbyn, to pick left-wing

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candidates and drop others. So, we may well face

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an election this year, and that will disrupt some

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of our plans, but we've still got And what we need to do next

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is a number of things to change This is the leader's most

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powerful ally, running Can Len McCluskey win and help

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the left tighten its political grip? He has chosen to use his members'

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money to take control of the Labour Party,

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rather than develop policies and a manifesto that are attractive

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to millions of voters. Not true, according

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to the Unite leader tonight. This is extraordinary

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behaviour by Tom Watson. I've not had any meetings at all

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with John Lansman on anything, including this latest nonsense that

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Tom has come out with. This high-level counterattack

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from Mr Corbyn's right-hand In the week that the ballot papers

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go out for the Unite election, I think this is about Tom's

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interference in Well, obviously, he wants to install

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a candidate of his choice, Labour's identity is at stake,

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in a bitter struggle The Shadow Cabinet had what was

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called a "robust discussion" - And whether the election comes

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in 2020, as Theresa May insists, or sooner, Labour has never looked

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more torn or vulnerable. Jeremy Corbyn elected

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as leader of the... Unite denies planning

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to back his most militant allies, Tonight his deputy won

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cheers and support from This fight will go on as long

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as he's leader, and may just A brief look at some of the day's

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other other news stories. The former Chancellor,

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George Osborne, has defended his decision to accept the post

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of editor of the London Evening Standard while continuing

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as Conservative MP for Tatton. Mr Osborne, who's faced calls

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to step down as an MP, says Parliament is enhanced

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by having MPs with CCTV images have been published

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of the moment a suspected Islamist extremist attacked

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a soldier at a Paris Zeeyad Ben Belgacem grabbed

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the female soldier, taking control of her automatic

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rifle, but was shot dead minutes Pope Francis has asked for

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forgiveness for what he described as the sins and failings

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of the Roman Catholic Church In November the Kigali government

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requested an apology from the Vatican over the role some

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Catholic priests and religious The president of Google

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in Europe has apologised after online adverts for companies

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and organisations appeared alongside extremist

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content on You Tube. Marks and Spencer has become

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the latest firm to withdraw material Our media editor Amol

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Rajan has the story. Millions of videos are uploaded

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onto YouTube everyday. But they include extremist

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material such as Jihadi propaganda and footage

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from neo-Nazi campaigns. And yet these hate-filled videos

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attract advertising, Here, a radical Islamist preaches

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about a holiday advert. And here, fascists are twinned

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with an advert for a BBC programme. An anti-Semitic video,

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but the advert promotes Today, YouTube's owner,

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Google, apologised. You have probably read stories

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recently about some brands appearing against content that they didn't

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want to, and in the spotlight So we'll start by saying

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sorry, we apologise. When anything like that happens

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we don't want it to happen, you don't want it to happen

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and we take responsibility for it. A growing list of household names

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from banks to media organisations have said they will stop

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advertising with Google until Broadcaster Channel 4 is one

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of those who paid Google But now it's angry at

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what has been happening. We specifically asked our adverts

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not to appear alongside offensive videos, and yet

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that is exactly what's happened. It is incredibly damaging

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for a brand like Channel 4 alongside neo-Nazi and homophobic

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videos, especially if, as it turns out the way Google

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operate their systems, we're funding the organisations that

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made the videos in the first place. Advertisers like Channel 4 have

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helped to make Google one of the most powerful companies

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in the world. Now they are saying that with that

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power comes responsibility. Google has always said it's

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a technology company But some of its advertisers

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are now disagreeing. One of the most influential men

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in marketing says he recognises that brands, advertisers and tech

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companies need to work together They have to make sure there

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is a sort of a whitelist of sites where the advertising can go

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and a blacklist of I think we will get to a solution,

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there's too much at stake. Google says it is taking action,

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but until they break the link between advertising and hate online,

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internet giants face a level of scrutiny

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that they aren't used to. The backlash against

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big tech has begun. The UN says hundreds of thousands

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of people are at risk from the continuing violence

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in north-east Nigeria, as the army continues an offensive against

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the Islamist group Boko Haram. Food shortages have forced many

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to flee their homes and farms, putting significant strain

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on refugee camps. Boko Haram gained notoriety in 2014

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with the kidnap of 292 girls But since then it has has been

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driven out of several areas. The BBC's Clive Myrie has been

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to the city of Bama, which has been largely

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destroyed by the Islamists during years of fighting,

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and he sent this report. Farmers fields in North East Nigeria

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don't yield crops but pity. They're now just dusty brown patches

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because farmers, for years, have been unable to till the land

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due to conflict. And, on the ground,

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in the town of Bama, bullet-riddled buildings,

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homes ransacked and lives destroyed. This city used to have a population

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of close to 300,000 people. Now you walk down the main

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street here and there It's a ghost town,

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a shell, emptied of life. Residents had to flee

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the Islamist group, Boko Haram. Now the grounds of a derelict

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hospital many call home. TRANSLATION: They just

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started killing people They said we would be

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safe, don't be afraid. But when they found us,

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they caught my father Exiles in their own country,

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the rituals of life continue. But so many people are paying

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the price for the twisted ideology of the few -

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that Nigeria's camps, for those displaced

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by the fighting, are struggling. This one houses 11,000 people

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and was so overcrowded with malnourished, new arrivals

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a few months ago, there Nevertheless, hundreds are arriving

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at camps like this everyday, as the Nigerian military continues

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to push Boko Haram back, A mother who had to walk

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with three her children, from 10pm one evening,

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and it took until 9am to reach Bama. It's estimated there may be

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between 500,000 to 800,000 people trapped out there with no access,

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left, you know, to their fate. What's needed is more international

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help and crucially farmers But Boko Haram is still out

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there and farmers are scared. The chances of a decent

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harvest this year are zero. Planting season begins

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in less than two weeks. The town of Bama is being

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rebuilt, after the wanton But this place holds

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terrible memories for those "I have no mother, I have no

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father," she tells me. Clive Myrie, BBC News,

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in Bama, North East Nigeria. In France, the leading

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candidates for the presidency have been taking part

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in the first televised election It features five contenders,

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who've been addressing issues including security,

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the economy and France's Our Paris correspondent,

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Lucy Williamson, has been following the exchanges and has

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just sent this report. The colours were sober, the

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entrances Loki will stop but make no mistake, this arena was designed for

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a fight. The circular set designed to

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encourage real debate between the heavyweights fighting for the top

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job. It worked. Most of the fire was between the election's two leading

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contenders. Marine Le Pen and her centrist rival, Emmanuel Macron.

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They disagreed on almost everything. Immigration, free trade and the

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place of immigrants in France. A few years ago there were no bikinis on

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the beach and I know you are for them. It is a trap to turn the

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bikini into a big debate about secularism. That is the trap we are

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falling into. It is to divide society and turn the 4 million

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Muslims living in our country into enemies of the Republic. Francois

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Fillon was for once is not the centre of attention. He may have

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been hoping for a presidential kind of reserve. But, after all the

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surprises in this election, it's not clear as to the kind -- that is the

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kind of president France once anymore.

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Supporters of Marine Le Pen are seen as fiercely loyal and she is

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expected to get through to the second round of the election. The

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debates are largely about who will join her in the second round.

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Whoever that is has a really good chance of making it to the Elysee

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Palace. At the moment polls suggest it would be Emmanuel Macron will

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stop but many supporters are swing voters who say they have not finally

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decided who to vote for. In an election this unpredictable, it is

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not sure how much he can rely on their support.

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In Northern Ireland, police are considering

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reintroducing measures to check that off-licences are not

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It follows reports of a surge in underage drinking,

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involving children as young as ten in some cases.

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Parents and community groups are calling for more to be done

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to tackle what they call a 'culture of drinking' among young people.

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We've disguised the identities of the underage drinkers

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Some teenagers see the weekends as a time for drinking.

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In this County Down park, there are young people clearly

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And moments when some seem not in total control.

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How much have you had to drink tonight?

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And how much would you normally have to drink at the weekend?

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And are you worried about being out and drunk in the street?

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D'you want to know what I worry about?

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But in the last six weeks, volunteers from a community group

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here have had to call an ambulance for a teenager who was

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And they're concerned about what they see

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We have, "Come to Ireland and enjoy the drink and the craic."

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Of course there's a fun and positive side of that,

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but when it filters down through to our children,

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And 20 or 40 years ago, it was 16-year-olds who'd be drinking.

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And that's a deep concern for parents.

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The kids nowadays would buy a bottle of vodka, and drink the vodka raw.

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This mother is trying to get her 14-year-old help

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We're not identifying her to protect her daughter.

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I went to pick her up and she was sitting in the rain,

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on the grass, on the kerb at the side of an estate,

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the side of the road and had no idea who I was.

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She was unable to string a sentence together,

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unable to stand herself, and for a kid of that age to be

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in that kind of a state, anything could happen to her.

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How much do you think your daughter was drinking

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The last night, I know she did drink three litres of cider.

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Belfast street pastors are volunteers who help people

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who appear vulnerable on the streets.

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And the police in Northern Ireland have asked them to extend

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their hours, to watch out for children as well as adults.

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Normally we're out late at night, but they'd like us to be

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involved earlier evening, and again, get alongside the kids.

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They are meeting in sometimes groups of 30, 40 or more.

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Among the people that the police have found with alcohol have been

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In one case, they seized 30 cans or bottles of cider

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And some teenagers admit that, for them, alcohol is part

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There's nothing about this place for us to do.

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That's why we go and drink and do whatever we have to do.

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Getting underaged drinkers off the streets is a challenge.

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And offering alternatives to alcohol is only part of the answer.

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Some of those who served in the Second World War have taken

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part in events at the White Cliffs of Dover - to celebrate the 100th

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birthday of Dame Vera Lynn - the singer affectionately known

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Because of poor weather, a fly past of Spitfires

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Dame Vera did enjoy a tea party with her family.

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The face of defiance, blended with the voice of hope.

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100 years of Dame Vera Lynn, rejected onto the last piece

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of England troops saw as they went to battle.

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Her heartbreaking lullabies became the soundtrack

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# Don't know where, don't know when...

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She soothed fears and stiffened resolve.

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But Dame Vera can still recall an early brush

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When she heard me sing, she says, "No, I can't train that voice.

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So I said, "Well, thank you very much, madam," and left.

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Today, in Dover, above the cliffs that inspired one of her greatest

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songs, veterans and friends came to celebrate Dame Vera's

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milestone birthday, and recall her life-affirming sound.

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Her voice came through clear, and with it was the story as she sang.

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You listen to Vera's voice when you're in a jungle clearing,

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it takes that fright away by making you think of

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other parts in life, and your hopes for the future.

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The bracing winds of the Channel didn't deter a salute

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above the cliffs Dame Vera sang into immortality.

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A grand gesture for a grand dame, still on a journey

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that she continues to share with a grateful nation.

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Special birthday tributes to Dame Vera. Newsnight is coming up on BBC

:32:06.:32:32.

Two. Here is evident. The former governor of the Bank of England

:32:33.:32:37.

joins us to say he is not scared of Brexit that he is worried that

:32:38.:32:40.

politicians are thinking of nothing is because he thinks there are

:32:41.:32:47.

bigger problems to deal with. Join me to find out more now on BBC Two.

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