18/02/2017 BBC Weekend News


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The US vice-president, Mike Pence, has reaffirmed

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America's support for Nato, but has stressed that European

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In his first major foreign policy speech, Mr Pence told a conference

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of European leaders in Munich that the US would "stand with Europe

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He also promised to hold Russia to account for its actions in Ukraine.

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From Munich, our chief international correspondent

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Nato exercises in Poland, a show of strength. Massive deployment of US

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military might in Europe underlines how America has been the predominant

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power in Nato since the end of the Second World War. Now, there is a US

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president who has called this alliance obsolete. So, with this

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Munich forum, anticipation and anxiety over what message President

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Trump's deputy would bring. What we were most looking for work the

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messages coming out from the leading members of President Trump's team

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die Hill vice president Mike Pence. Everybody says they have been

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reassured by what he had to say about the trans Atlantic Alliance

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and the belief in Nato. There is so much relief here about what you had

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to say - does that not make you worried that Europe was worried

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about your commitment to the transatlantic alliance and to Nato?

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I think President Trump has made it clear that the United States stands

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strongly with the North Atlantic Alliance, we strongly support Nato.

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But the president has also made it clear that we expect our allies to

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keep their word, to keep up with the commitments that they have made for

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our common defence. There was a clear message on Ukraine, too. There

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was a call to Russia to de-escalate the violence there. It was not what

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Russia's top tippler Matt wanted to hear in Munich. Sergei Lavrov

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accused the west of being stuck in an old Cold War mentality.

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TRANSLATION: The historic period that can be caught the post-Cold War

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era has now come to an end. The main result in our view has been the

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failure of institutions to adapt. As leaders come and go in Munich, there

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seems to be greater clarity that this transatlantic friendship will

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hold. Real proof is yet to come - in what happens on the ground. And it

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seems that judging by a statement which has just come out from the

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Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, he says there is a new

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ceasefire deal agreed for Ukraine between the Ukrainians and the

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Russian-backed rebels. So, an immediate sign that this new

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diplomacy may be working to a at least there are some new

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announcements of new things happening on the ground.

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of the French car maker Peugeot to discuss its proposed takeover

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There's concern any takeover may have an impact

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on thousands of jobs at plants in Ellesmere Port and Luton.

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Our business correspondent Joe Lynam is in Luton for us tonight.

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So, Joe, what are Peugeot hoping to get from the Prime Minister?

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Quite simply, they will be hoping to get at least as good a deal as

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Nissan acquired from the Prime Minister last autumn. Back then, the

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Prime Minister promised Nissan that they would get investment in

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electric cars and local components, as well as free and unencumbered

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access to European markets. The problem for Theresa May and Vauxhall

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is that Britain is leaving the single market, and probably the

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customs union, which means tariffs might be applied to British made

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cars sold on continental Europe. The other problem facing the Prime

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Minister is that she will be up against Angela Merkel of Germany,

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who will be defending German jobs and trying to make sure that jobs at

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Opal factories do not go. So it could end up working like a

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corporate beauty parade between lexical in Britain, Opal in Germany

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and the decision being taken by Peugeot in France.

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Lincoln City have pulled off one of the biggest upsets in FA Cup

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history after beating Premier League Burnley to become

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the first non-league side to reach the cup's quarterfinals

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An 89th minute header from defender Sean Raggett sealed victory

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for the non-leaguers, as Tim Hague reports.

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When you're a non-league side in the FA Cup fifth round, it's enough to

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make even the most mature man a little bit excited. Could Lincoln

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city cause another surprise by beating Burnley? This was an early

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opportunity for them. While the Premier League side have their own

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chances, it was becoming an increasingly frustrating afternoon

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for them, just ask Joey Barton, harassed and hassled all match, he

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was lucky not to be set off. But it did not matter to Lincoln. They

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pushed until the end, and with the headlines waiting to be written,

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Lincoln did write them. COMMENTATOR: Sean Raggett! It is in!

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And Lincoln city take the lead with a minute to! The following five

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minutes of injury time were as nervy as could be, but nothing could stop

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this fairy tale from happening. Lincoln have made history, this is

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one of the great shocks of the competition! For a non-league team

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to be in the last eight of the FA Cup, two games away from the final,

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is unbelievable. People said to me, it would be a football miracle, I

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don't know. It feels like a miracle. No non-league side had made it this

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far for 103 years before today. It was a Raggett to riches story, all

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right. Two people have died during one

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of the biggest storms to hit Police say a man was electrocuted

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after a falling tree downed power lines and hit a car,

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and a motorist was found dead A sinkhole swallowed two cars,

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the second on live TV as viewers watched it teeter on the edge

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before plunging in. Some of Scotland's most senior

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politicians have attended the funeral of a motor neurone

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disease campaigner, calling him an inspiration for his work to raise

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awareness and better The First Minister,

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Nicola Sturgeon, and the former Prime Minister Gordon Brown

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were among the mourners He was a political researcher who

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had worked on the Better Together Around 1,000 newborn chicks have

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been found abandoned The RSPCA said it is investigating

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how the birds ended up The Government is to propose

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a new law aimed at tackling domestic Victims will get greater support,

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under legislation that will be Rachel Williams felt failed

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by the state when she finally worked up the courage to leave

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an abusive husband. Filed for divorce, left him,

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during the six-week period, he was bombarding me with texts,

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and literally stalked me. And then on 19th August 2011,

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while I was in work, he came into my hairdresser's

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where I was working, with a sawn-off Experiences like that

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are shattering, according to Theresa May, who has asked

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ministers and experts for ways to clarify laws that are applied

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unevenly across England and Wales. It's estimated there

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are 1.3 million female victims of domestic abuse each year,

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with around 600,000 men Very few come forward,

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and there were just 75,000 convictions in 2016,

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although that's more It's something Theresa May tried

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to grapple with during her six years in charge here at the Home Office,

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introducing legislation which criminalised emotional abuse,

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and giving people the right to find out if their new partners had

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been violent before. But as Prime Minister,

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she's decided that the whole of the government needs to look

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at the whole issue. She's pointed out that there

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are big inconsistencies in the police response,

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and that will be covered through the Home Office

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and the Ministry of Justice. But four out of five

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victims of domestic abuse don't go to the police,

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so we need the Health Service and schools and others to really

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take this seriously. Rachel's son took his own life,

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after so much violence at home. Labour say proper funding

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of services for families like this is just as important as any

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legislation that emerges. Ancient life forms that could be up

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to 50,000 years old have been found by scientists,

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who say they have extracted and revived microbes found trapped

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in crystals in a cave in northern The team, led by Nasa's

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Astrobiology Institute, said the microbes were genetically

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10% different from their nearest relative, or as far away

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as humans are from mushrooms. There's more throughout the evening

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on the BBC News Channel. I'll be back with the team

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for the late news at ten past ten. Now on BBC One, it's time

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for the news where you are.

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