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Tonight at 10.00pm -

the Pope appeals for tolerance

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in Myanmar but refuses to mention

the persecuted Rohignyas by name.

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The Pope held talks with Myanmar's

leader, Aung San Suu Kyi,

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whose government has been accused

of ethnic cleansing in relation

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to the Rohingya minority.

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Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya

have fled the violence in Myanmar

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to refugee camps in neighbouring

Bangladesh.

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I'm at the largest refugee camp in

southern Bangladesh, where hundreds

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of thousands of people who fled

Myanmar continue to endure the most

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squalid and desperate conditions.

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We'll have more from Reeta in one

of the biggest camps in Bangladesh.

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Also tonight:

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The wedding of Prince Harry

and Meghan Markle is to take place

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at St George's Chapel,

Windsor, next May.

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North Korea has test-fired

another ballistic missile -

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its first in two months.

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A fortnight ahead of a vital EU

Summit, hints that the size

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of the Brexit divorce bill is close

to agreement.

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The UK's highest-paid university

vice-chancellor is to retire,

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following a long-running controversy

about her salary.

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And why vital satellites

are being threatened

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by all the junk in space.

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And coming up on Sportsday on BBC

News - three wins from three for

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England's women, as they win

their World Cup qualifier against

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Kazakhstan, 5-0.

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Good evening.

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Pope Francis has defended the rights

of ethnic groups on a visit

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to Myanmar but he notably failed

to refer

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to the Muslim Rohingya

minority by name.

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Myanmar has been accused

of ethnic cleansing,

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with more than 600,000

Rohingya fleeing the country

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in recent months.

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The Pope held talks with Myanmar's

leader, Aung San Suu Kyi,

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repeatedly to speak out against

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the treatment of the Rohingya,

many of whom are now living

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in refugeee camps in

neighbouring Bangladesh.

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My colleague Reeta Chakrabarti

is in Kutupalong camp,

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some 20 miles from the port city

of Cox's Bazar.

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We can join Reeta now. Huw, people

here do look to world leaders to try

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to highlight their plight. There

will have been expectations of Pope

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Francis on his first visit to

Myanmar and not least whether or not

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he would refer to the Rohignya s

directly by name. We have this

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report from Martin Bashir.

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On the lush grounds of Myanmar's

presidential palace,

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a military band announces

the arrival of Pope Francis,

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the rich pageantry, a world away

from the terror felt by more

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than 600,000 Rohingya Muslims

who, since August, have

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fled into Bangladesh

in what the United Nations has

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called "textbook ethnic cleansing".

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Today, Pope Francis met

with Myanmar's de facto leader,

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as human rights organisations

urged him to talk

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about the Rohingyas.

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Though he referred to the Muslim

minority last month,

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it's a word the Myanmar government

does not use, saying they migrated

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illegally from Bangladesh

and therefore should not be listed

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as one of the country's

ethnic groups.

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Inside the Convention Centre,

Aung San Suu Kyi did make reference

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to the events in Rakhine,

where Rohingya have

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lived for generations.

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As we address long-standing issues,

the support of our people

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and of good friends,

who only wish to see us

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succeed in our endeavours,

has been invaluable.

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Aung San Suu Kyi chose to say

little about the crisis.

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Expectations then

shifted to Pope Francis.

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TRANSLATION:

The future

of Myanmar must be peace,

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based on respect for the dignity

and right of each member of society,

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respect for each ethnic group

and its identity, none excluded.

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Pope Francis praised

the United Nations but he did not

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refer to the UN's accusation that

Myanmar had been involved in ethnic

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cleansing and while he said

the future of this nation must

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include all races and religions,

he did not use the word "Rohingya".

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Human rights activists have

expressed disappointment

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that the Pope didn't go further

in his much-anticipated speech.

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By not using the word "Rohingya"

the Pope has essentially emboldened

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the Burmese narrative

that there are no Rohingya,

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the Rohingya don't exist.

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It's a tremendous missed opportunity

and we're extraordinarily

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disappointed in Pope Francis.

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The Pope may also have been mindful

of potential repercussions

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for another religious minority.

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Christians make up just 6%

of the population here and many have

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travelled to take part in a special

mass, where hope Francis

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will preside tomorrow.

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Martin Bashir, BBC News, Myanmar.

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Here in the camps, many of the

people we've spoken to have physical

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injuries which they say were

sustained in the violence in

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Myanmar. But aid workers are

increasingly worried about the

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psychological impact of events, too.

I've been following the journey

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through the camps of one young

refugee family.

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Waiting at the border in Bangladesh,

600 refugees who've

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crossed from Myanmar.

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Is

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They're held here for two days

before being allowed in.

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They're exhausted and anxious.

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Among them we found 18-year-old

Rabbia and her two nieces

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nine-year-old Umi, and four-year-old

Nour.

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They said they escaped

after the army and local Buddhists

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in Myanmar attacked their village.

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Rabia's parents were killed.

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The little girl's mother was also

killed and they don't know what's

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happened to their father.

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They've been walking for 25 days.

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TRANSLATION:

People gave us food.

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I just brought the two children.

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I didn't bring

anything to cook with.

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She says she's determined to keep

the children with her,

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although it may be difficult.

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A week later we find them in the UN

transit camp where vulnerable

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people are looked after.

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Umi has left to get

their food rations.

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Hello.

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So how are they getting on?

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Oh, this is where you live.

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You don't have much, do you?

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Psychologists say little Nour

is severely traumatised

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by her experiences.

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She never speaks to any adults.

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Almost everybody that you meet

in this camp say that they've seen

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some terrible things.

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This group has been set up to help

people deal with their experiences.

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It's run by Mahmmuda,

a psychologists.

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All the women here have

lost their husbands in the violence

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in Myanmar and they're grateful

for her counselling.

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Anjuman Khatoun says Mahmuda asks

questions about their lives,

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they really talk to each other

about all the bad and the good

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that's happened to them.

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Her friend, Hamida Begum, echos her,

saying the sessions make her feel

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happy and they're thankful.

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People come from all over the camp

for help from Mahmuda.

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She works with them

to rebuild their lives.

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It really works magically,

because in my session,

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normally I say a few words

and that is like - you are here,

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and now you are safe

and you are not alone,

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we are with you, so acknowledge your

life as you are alive

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because you had to go through many

stories and experiences but finally

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you are here and you are safe.

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We knew the three girls we met

earlier were safe but it had been

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four days and they'd moved on.

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We found them with a group

of people from their village,

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waiting to be registered

in a more permanent camp.

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TRANSLATION:

I hope for a good life.

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I will never let the children go.

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I will never go anywhere.

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I will never leave their side.

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Aid workers told us the girls

will get child protection

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because they have no parents

and they'll be placed with

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the others from their community.

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Rabia, Umi and Nour are being looked

after, but they'll take

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a long time to recover

from the trauma they've experienced.

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Reeta, you have been there now for

several days. What's your impression

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of the scale of the challenge facing

the officials there, clearly, with

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the kind of work they have to do,

but of course the plight of the

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refugees themselves?

Well, the scale

of the challenge remains enormous

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and the plight of the refugees

remains really pitiful. You'll have

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got a sense over the last few days

of the scale of the challenge, of

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the poverty, of the physical

environment here and also of the

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tremendous mental cost to some of

the people here, as you saw there.

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Aid workers say that a crisis of

this sort, the speed of the influx

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of this huge number of people is

something that they haven't

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experienced in decades. And how to

adequately care for these people,

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and then eventually what to do with

them will be the two enormous

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questions that nobody quite seems to

have the answer to.

Reeta, once

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again, many thanks for the latest

there. Reporting from Kutupalong in

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Bangladesh.

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North Korea has test-fired

an intercontinental ballistic

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missile, the first in

more than two months.

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Pyongyang has launched

several missiles this year

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as tensions have risen

because of its nuclear programme.

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Our diplomatic correspondent,

Paul Adams, reports from

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Seoul in South Korea.

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After two months without a test,

North Korea is back at the top

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of President Trump's agenda.

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A missile was launched a little

while ago from North Korea.

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I will only tell you that we

will take care of it.

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This is the 23rd North Korean

missile test this year,

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the first since mid-September.

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It took off in the early hours

of the morning from Pyongsong,

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north of the capital Pyongyang.

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It flew east for about 1,000

kilometres, landing after 50 minutes

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in the Sea of Japan.

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American officials believe this

was an intercontinental ballistic

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missile and say it flew higher

than any previous test.

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In response, South Korea

conducted a precision strike

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missile test of its own.

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The bottom line is it's a continued

effort to build a ballistic missile

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threat that endangers world peace,

regional peace and certainly

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the United States.

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Thank you, General.

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And we will take care

of that situation.

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Thank you all very

much, I appreciate it.

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Thank you.

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North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un,

has been seen in recent days

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visiting largely economic ventures.

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In the absence of fresh missile

tests, observers wondered

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if his focus had shifted.

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This, it seems,

was wishful thinking.

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Here in Seoul, the President

has convened a meeting

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of his National Security Council.

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Most experts still think that

North Korea needs two to three years

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to complete its nuclear weapons

programme, but yesterday

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a Government Minister said

he wouldn't be surprised

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if Kim Jong Un finished the job

within the next year.

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North Korea he said was developing

its nuclear weapons much faster

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than anyone expected.

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The United States has stepped up

pressure on North Korea

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throughout the year.

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Military exercises the most visible

sign of Donald Trump's

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uncompromising approach.

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Officials believe the pressure

is making life harder

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for the North Korean leader

but Kim Jong Un seems determined

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to achieve his nuclear ambitions

and unwilling to talk

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in the meantime.

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Paul Adams, BBC News, Seoul.

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Our Washington correspondent, Laura

Bicker, is at the White House.

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Laura, what does this latest test

present to President Trump, as a

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challenge?

Well, it's been one week

since President Trump declared North

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Korea a state-sponsor of terror and

it's two weeks since he was congreat

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lating North Korea's ally and

neighbour, China, of getting on

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board his policy of maximum pressure

on North Korea, to try to get Kim

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Jong Un to give up his weapons

programme and that includes a huge

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increase in sanctions. And there was

some hope, within some circles, that

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it was working. Afterall, it's been

two months since North Korea fired a

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missile. Today, Kim Jong Un remains

defiant. It wasn't just a missile.

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It was an intercontinental ballistic

missile. One this White House has

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declared as a threat to world peace

so. What does the US do now? Well,

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when it comes to North Korea, you've

had the official policy of putting

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pressure on Pyongyang, getting Kim

Jong Un to the negotiating table but

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first he must show he's willing to

give up the weapons and that doesn't

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look likely. Many will look at the

ambiguity of the President's words

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today that he'll "deal with it" a

reminder that with this White House

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all options remain on the table,

including a military option.

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Many thanks, Laura bicker with the

latest from the White House.

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Downing Street has sought

to play down speculation

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that UK and EU negotiatiors have

agreed the framework of a Brexit

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divorce payment ahead of a vital

EU summit next month.

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Officials say intensive talks

continue to take place,

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as they try to move negotiations

on to the next phase.

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Our Europe editor,

Katya Adler, is in Brussels.

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Ed. Are you detecting any signals

there that this divorce payment

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debate is coming to some kind of

conclusion? Well, the pressure is

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rising. Had uw. The E -- Huw, the EU

imposed a deadline, this coming

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Monday, 4th December to make good

progress on the three main issues,

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money, citizens' rights and Ireland.

Overwie, said the EU, you, UK can

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forget what you want for Christmas,

progressing in the Brexit talks to

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widen the talks to trade and

transition. Theresa May plans to

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come here to the European Commission

in Brussels to coincide with that

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deadline Monday for lunch with Jung

Juncker, the Commission chief. It

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was expected she wouldn't and

couldn't come here empty handed.

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Tonight there are rumours swirling

around that a framework deal has

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been agreed on the financial

settlement. That's money the EU says

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the UK owes from its time as an EU

member and has to honour. Now, the

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com Commission is not officially

confirming it, nor is the UK

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Government but my sources here say

the EU has been very upbeat of late

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of progress on the money issue. The

kind of figure that's being talked

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about here is around who billion

euros F that's the -- 40 #3wi8 yob

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euros. - 40 billion euros. That

would be huge for the UK. Back in

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October the Prime Minister offered

20 billion. It'll be towards the

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lower side from what the EU expects

from the UK but it'll give them the

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go-ahead to talk about trade and

transition but, and another big but,

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up until now the big stumbling block

for the UK to progressing in the

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talks had been the money issue, now,

it's Ireland, with the Irish

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Government threatening to veto

progressing those talks, to block

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them, to put pressure on blocking

them, unless the UK gives strong

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commitments it'll not reintroduce a

hard border between Northern Ireland

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and the Republic of Ireland. So

there is still a lot of pressure

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tonight on the Prime Minister ahead

of her visit here on Monday.

Many

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thanks for the latest analysis there

in Brussels.

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Kensington Palace has

announced that Prince Harry

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and the American actress,

Meghan Markle, will marry in May

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at St George's Chapel

in Windsor Castle.

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Ms Markle is to become a British

citizen and she'll be confirmed

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into the Church of England before

the wedding service.

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The Royal Family will

be covering the cost

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of the wedding and the reception.

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Live to Windsor and our royal

correspondent Nicholas Witchell.

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Yes, a Royal wedding within the

ancient walls of Windsor Castle.

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Good for security for sure, not so

good potentially for public

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accessibility, the public have said

they want the public to be part of

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the celebration, I would imagine

there will be a carriage procession

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through the streets of this very

committed Royal town. One point, the

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Royal Family have said they will pay

the main costs of the ceremony. For

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the couple themselves, for Harry and

Meghan, the priority now is

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planning.

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They have, in the words

of their spokesman, been overwhelmed

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by the amount of the support they've

received from Britain and elsewhere

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in the world to the news

of their engagement and now,

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Harry and Meghan are starting

to organise the wedding,

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taking charge over all aspects

of the ceremony themselves,

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according to their officials.

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As they do so, other members

of the Royal family have been

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expressing their happiness

at the news of their engagement.

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William and I are absolutely

thrilled, it's such exciting news,

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it is a happy time for any couple

and we wish them all the best

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and hope they enjoy

this happy moment.

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America's loss is our gain.

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We are all absolutely delighted.

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As you can see, they are so happy.

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Sometimes in a climate

where we are surrounded by a lot

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of bad news it is a real joy

to have a bit of good news for once.

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The first big decision

in terms of the wedding

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planning is the venue.

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The ceremony will take place

inside Windsor Castle

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in the historic St George's Chapel.

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The month on the invitations will be

May, a precise date has

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still to be decided.

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The 15th century chapel,

festooned with the banners

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of the Knights of the Garter,

is where Harry was christened.

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The disadvantage is the size.

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It can seat only 800 guests,

fewer than half the capacity

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of Westminster Abbey.

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It is, though, a more intimate

setting, it is where the marriage

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of the Prince of Wales

and the Duchess of Cornwall was

0:19:110:19:16

blessed in 2005 after their wedding

in a registry office.

0:19:160:19:19

In Windsor today reaction to having

another Royal wedding in the town

0:19:190:19:22

was predictably positive.

0:19:220:19:23

Absolutely amazing.

0:19:230:19:25

We're so excited about it.

0:19:250:19:26

That's fantastic.

0:19:260:19:28

Really nice, yeah, lovely,

it will be good for Windsor as well.

0:19:280:19:30

Really good.

0:19:300:19:31

Well, I live locally so it will be

nice to have such a fabulous

0:19:310:19:35

event in the local area.

0:19:350:19:38

Aside from wedding preparations,

Meghan will be applying

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for British citizenship.

0:19:400:19:43

As she made clear in yesterday's

interview, she wants to get

0:19:430:19:45

to know Britain better.

0:19:450:19:48

I think in the beginning few months

and now being boots on the ground

0:19:480:19:52

in the UK I am excited to just

really get to know more

0:19:520:19:55

about the different communities

here, smaller organisations,

0:19:550:20:00

we are working on the same

causes that I have always

0:20:000:20:03

been passionate about.

0:20:030:20:04

That process of getting

to know her new country will start

0:20:040:20:08

this Friday in Nottingham.

0:20:080:20:11

The city will witness

the first official engagement

0:20:110:20:14

of the new Royal team,

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

0:20:140:20:16

Nicolas Witchall, BBC News.

0:20:160:20:19

The wholesale grocery firm

Palmer and Harvey has

0:20:190:20:21

gone into administration

after rescue talks failed.

0:20:210:20:24

2,500 workers have

been made redundant.

0:20:240:20:28

P&H is the UK's fifth largest

privately owned firm and supplies

0:20:280:20:30

around 90,000 shops.

0:20:300:20:35

The vice-chancellor

of Bath University -

0:20:350:20:38

who's been widely criticised

for a salary package of nearly half

0:20:380:20:41

a million pounds a year -

is to retire from the post.

0:20:410:20:44

Professor Dame Glynis Breakwell

is the highest-paid university

0:20:440:20:45

vice-chancellor in the UK and she's

faced demands for her resignation

0:20:450:20:49

from students and staff,

as our education Branwen Jeffreys

0:20:490:20:52

reports.

0:20:520:20:56

Bath University sells itself

as one of the best, good

0:20:560:20:58

for students, good for research.

0:20:580:21:05

Good, too, for the vice-Chancellor.

0:21:050:21:08

Please do tell anyone

who will listen how great

0:21:080:21:11

the University of Bath is.

0:21:110:21:13

Tell them that we are number one

for student satisfaction.

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Number one for

vice-chancellor's pay.

0:21:200:21:23

It wasn't just the money,

but the flat too and the housekeeper

0:21:230:21:26

that came with it.

0:21:260:21:30

Tonight, from the students,

this reaction to her departure.

0:21:300:21:34

I think it was one of -

it's time to go, I guess.

0:21:340:21:37

There's been huge student reaction

on social media saying that

0:21:370:21:40

essentially it's time for her to go.

0:21:400:21:46

Is your pay justified?

0:21:460:21:48

As the controversy grew,

Dame Glynis Breakwell

0:21:480:21:52

avoided questions.

0:21:520:21:56

But last week came a damming report,

the reputation of the University

0:21:560:22:00

damaged, staff and students

threatened more protests.

0:22:000:22:04

Tonight Dame Glynis Breakwell

defended her record saying.

0:22:040:22:07

"I have served the university

to the best of my ability

0:22:070:22:10

and will continue to do

so until the day I leave office.

0:22:100:22:13

Since 2001, the university has

changed dramatically.

0:22:130:22:17

It has almost tripled in size

and is now among the top

0:22:170:22:21

universities in the UK."

0:22:210:22:23

And for some who have campaigned

hard, disappointment

0:22:280:22:30

that she will be paid until 2019

and a car loan written off.

0:22:300:22:35

This is sheer greed on the part

of the university bosses.

0:22:350:22:38

And what's happening in Bath is only

the tip of the iceberg.

0:22:380:22:41

There are 55 vice-chancellors who

are paid more than £300,000 a year.

0:22:410:22:44

None should be paid at that level.

0:22:440:22:49

They should all take a big salary

cut and the money should be

0:22:490:22:52

given back to students.

0:22:520:22:53

This is a crisis which has

only just started.

0:22:530:22:55

Publicly, the university paid

tribute to the vice-chancellor.

0:22:550:22:57

Privately, many will be

relieved to move on.

0:22:570:22:59

No word yet on how much her

successor will be paid.

0:22:590:23:09

So still questions here tonight at

Bath University about the terms of

0:23:130:23:19

the departure. Staying in her flat

until August next year, paid until

0:23:190:23:24

February 2019. But as the row here

rumbles over, it's opening up a

0:23:240:23:30

whole other set of debates

elsewhere. There will be questions

0:23:300:23:34

now for many other vice-Chancellors

about whether their pay matches the

0:23:340:23:40

status of their universities but

also about how these decisions are

0:23:400:23:44

made, who gives the senior leaders

so much pay when university students

0:23:440:23:49

are taking on so much debt to come

to university? There is over the

0:23:490:23:55

horizon a new regulator for

universities that is already

0:23:550:23:58

promising to look at value for money

for taxpayers, value for money for

0:23:580:24:03

students. And beyond that, the

threat from Ministers that they

0:24:030:24:07

might even look at the possibilities

of fines. So this debate is only

0:24:070:24:13

just beginning and Bath is just the

first to feel the heat.

0:24:130:24:19

Thank you very much for the latest

there.

0:24:190:24:24

The suspect in last month's New York

truck attack has pleaded not guilty

0:24:270:24:30

to charges of murder and terrorism.

0:24:300:24:32

Eight people were killed and 12

others injured after they were hit

0:24:320:24:35

by a rental truck speeding down

a cycle path.

0:24:350:24:37

So-called Islamic State claimed

responsibility for the attack

0:24:370:24:39

which was the deadliest assault

on New York City since 9/11.

0:24:390:24:46

Ireland's deputy prime minister,

Frances Fitzgerald, has resigned

0:24:460:24:48

following criticism of her handling

of a whistle-blower scandal.

0:24:480:24:51

She said she's stood down to avoid

a potentially destabilising election

0:24:510:24:54

and insists she's acted

with integrity throughout

0:24:540:24:56

her political career.

0:24:560:25:03

Thousands of local people

and tourists are trying to find

0:25:030:25:06

refuge on the Indonesian island

of Bali amid fears that a local

0:25:060:25:09

volcano could erupt at any time.

0:25:090:25:10

Mount Agung is sending clouds

of ash, gas and smoke thousands

0:25:100:25:13

of metres into the air.

0:25:130:25:14

The airport is shut,

tourists have been stranded

0:25:140:25:16

and the authorities are moving

people into more than 200

0:25:160:25:20

evacuation centres.

0:25:200:25:25

A petition - signed by more

than 100,000 people -

0:25:250:25:28

calling for accessible disabled

toilets to be installed

0:25:280:25:30

in all motorway services in the UK

is being delivered to the Houses

0:25:300:25:33

of Parliament tomorrow.

0:25:330:25:36

Standard disabled toilets don't meet

the needs of an estimated 250,000

0:25:360:25:38

people who can't get out

of their wheelchair alone.

0:25:380:25:41

Our correspondent Natalie Pirks has

been out shopping with those

0:25:410:25:43

calling for major retailers

to improve their facilities.

0:25:430:25:50

It's a basic right

many take for granted,

0:25:500:25:52

the freedom to use a toilet.

0:25:520:25:56

But what if your disability made

spending a penny in public a choice

0:25:560:25:59

between sitting in your own waste

or lying on a germ ridden floor?

0:25:590:26:04

A photo on social media

of a disabled child being changed

0:26:040:26:08

on a toilet floor in John Lewis

prompted outrage, yet

0:26:080:26:13

for campaigners, it's

an everyday reality.

0:26:130:26:15

If you were to see someone's child

laying on a toilet floor or a baby

0:26:150:26:19

would you do something about it?

0:26:190:26:20

Would you wait for the law to make

you do something about it?

0:26:200:26:28

This is one of those things

that they should be doing for moral

0:26:280:26:31

and ethical reasons.

0:26:310:26:32

John Lewis says its new Cheltenham

store will have a hoist and adult

0:26:320:26:35

sized bench and it's assessing

whether these facilities can be

0:26:350:26:38

incorporated into future

shop refurbishments.

0:26:380:26:48

Currenty there are only around 1,000

so-called changing places

0:26:480:26:50

toilets and in major supermarkets

just nine across

0:26:500:26:52

the whole of the UK.

0:26:520:26:53

One business, though,

is bucking the trend.

0:26:530:26:55

The main reason given by retailers

for not having more of these toilets

0:26:550:26:58

in their stores is space.

0:26:580:27:03

This is around 12 metres squared

and money, it costs around £11,000

0:27:030:27:06

to £14,000 to fit one of these

changing places toilets.

0:27:060:27:09

Yet Ikea has managed

to put these into most

0:27:090:27:11

of their stores without any fuss

and without really having to.

0:27:110:27:16

The law needs to change.

It's like a dog with no teeth.

0:27:160:27:20

Samantha and her 11-year-old son

Alfie live in more sham.

0:27:200:27:22

Samantha and her 11-year-old son

Alfie live in Horsham.

0:27:280:27:30

Christmas shopping has

to be carefully planned.

0:27:300:27:32

The council run toilet

isn't fit for his needs.

0:27:320:27:34

There's barely enough room

for his chair and me

0:27:340:27:37

without getting him out

of the wheelchair and

0:27:370:27:38

laying him on the floor.

0:27:380:27:40

Instead Samantha has to get Alfie

back in the car and drive

0:27:400:27:42

to their nearest suitable toilet.

0:27:420:27:44

For many people, that is miles away.

0:27:440:27:46

The law is confusing.

0:27:460:27:49

The British standard institute

recommends putting these toilets

0:27:490:27:52

into all large public buildings,

but it's not compulsory.

0:27:520:27:57

Whereas the equality act says

businesses have a duty to make

0:27:570:28:00

reasonable adjustments to ensure

those with disabilities

0:28:000:28:01

can access toilets,

but what constitutes reasonable?

0:28:010:28:06

It's been left up to campaigners

to try and enforce change.

0:28:060:28:08

Now can you see why this

is so important for us?

0:28:080:28:13

This is what we need

just to go to the loo.

0:28:130:28:17

The Government has helped fund a map

showing people their closest

0:28:170:28:21

accessible toilets.

0:28:210:28:24

The blue spots show the sparsest

areas where there are less than ten.

0:28:240:28:27

The Government says it's looking

into whether current regulations

0:28:270:28:29

adequately meet the needs

of disabled people and it's

0:28:290:28:32

appointed a disability

champion for retail.

0:28:320:28:36

I think definitely when you've got

a new build, there's no doubt

0:28:360:28:39

that there should be a changing

places facility in there.

0:28:390:28:41

We have an issue with old stock

in the UK, so it's quite hard

0:28:410:28:45

when you've got a building to try

and retro-fit that.

0:28:450:28:50

Disabled children become

disabled adults, like

0:28:500:28:53

43-year-old Julie Clough.

0:28:530:28:56

The tireless campaigning

of her brother and mother has led

0:28:560:28:59

to every UK airport having

a changing places toilet.

0:28:590:29:05

When they said I had to use the room

where they stored the body bags,

0:29:050:29:11

that was the final straw.

0:29:110:29:12

And I thought, watch this space.

0:29:120:29:14

It's hoped in the future,

they won't have to fight alone.

0:29:140:29:18

Natalie Pirks, BBC News.

0:29:180:29:22

Vital satellites in space

are in danger of being damaged

0:29:220:29:24

and important communications

interrupted by the existence

0:29:240:29:26

of so much junk floating around,

including redundant satellites,

0:29:260:29:30

old rockets and fragments

of abandoned spacecraft.

0:29:300:29:35

A British team is hoping to solve

the problem by sending a spacecraft

0:29:350:29:38

to clear up some of the debris.

0:29:380:29:40

Our science correspondent

Rebecca Morelle has the story.

0:29:400:29:45

Trois, deux, un - lift off.

0:29:450:29:50

Blasting off, for decades we've been

launching into space,

0:29:500:29:53

but what goes up rarely comes down

and space has become

0:29:530:29:57

crowded with junk.

0:29:570:30:02

The Remove Debris spacecraft

could be the answer,

0:30:020:30:04

the world's first attempt to test

how we can clean-up

0:30:040:30:06

celestial clutter.

0:30:060:30:10

It will see if it's possible

to snare a satellite in a net

0:30:100:30:16

and review how

effective a harpoon is.

0:30:160:30:18

It will then bring everything back

down, burning up as it enters

0:30:180:30:21

the Earth's atmosphere.

0:30:210:30:23

It's been assembled in Surrey

and it's cost £15 million.

0:30:230:30:26

This is the last chance to see it

before it's packed up

0:30:260:30:29

for its launch early next year.

0:30:290:30:31

This is the Remove Debris platform

and it's going to be one

0:30:310:30:34

of the world's first missions

to actually demonstrate

0:30:340:30:37

cleaning up space junk.

0:30:370:30:39

This mission is

incredibly important.

0:30:390:30:42

We have technologies on here that

have never been demonstrated

0:30:420:30:46

in space before and it's urgent

that we actually launch this mission

0:30:460:30:49

now so we can develop these

technologies for use in the future.

0:30:490:30:53

Since the early days of exploration

the area around the Earth has grown

0:30:530:30:56

more and more cluttered.

0:30:560:31:00

It's estimated there

are about 7,500 tonnes of junk,

0:31:000:31:03

made up of old bits of rocket,

fragments from defunct spacecraft,

0:31:030:31:07

even tools dropped by an astronaut.

0:31:070:31:09

Scientists believe there are now

half a million pieces of debris

0:31:090:31:15

the size of a marble or bigger

and each piece has the potential

0:31:150:31:18

to do some serious damage.

0:31:180:31:20

Last year the International

Space Station was hit.

0:31:200:31:23

This chip in a window

was caused when it was struck

0:31:230:31:26

by a tiny fleck of paint.

0:31:260:31:30

But the bigger pieces of junk

are a more pressing problem.

0:31:300:31:33

This European satellite,

the size of a double decker bus,

0:31:330:31:35

suddenly stopped working in 2012.

0:31:350:31:38

Since then, it's been circling

the earth, threatening other key

0:31:380:31:40

satellites in its path.

0:31:400:31:44

The problem is going to grow.

0:31:440:31:46

It's going to grow because

collisions are going to take place

0:31:460:31:49

in the orbital environment.

0:31:490:31:50

We're going to lose

the satellites that we rely on.

0:31:500:31:54

That's going to be costly to us,

it's going to be costly

0:31:540:31:57

to the future generation.

0:31:570:31:58

All eyes are now trained

on the Remove Debris spacecraft.

0:31:580:32:00

If the technology works,

the hope is future missions can be

0:32:000:32:03

scaled up and the space

clean-up can begin.

0:32:030:32:05

Rebecca Morelle, BBC News.

0:32:050:32:11

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