09/07/2016 BBC Weekend News


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Controversy has broken out in the race for the leadership

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Candidate Andrea Leadsom has suggested to The Times

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that she would be a better Prime Minister than her

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rival Theresa May - because SHE is a mother.

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This morning Andrea Leadsom criticised the newspaper's coverage,

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insisting everyone had an equal stake in the future of society.

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Here's our Political Correspondent, Eleanor Garnier.

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. So much more to give... The outsider in the race, the

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Eurosceptic Energy Minister, whose exciting traditional Tories but the

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mum of three is facing criticism. In an interview in The Times when she

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suggested being a parent made her a better choice as Prime Minister.

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I feel being a mum means you have a very real stake in the future of our

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country, a tangible take... This morning, outside her home in north

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Hamptonshire, he is defended her comments.

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I was repeatedly asked about my children. I repeatedly made it clear

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I did not want this to be in any way a feature of the campaign. I am

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disgusted at the way this has been presented. I want to be crystal

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clear that everyone has an equal stake in our society and in the

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future of our country. But being a mum was a big part of

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her message, during the referendum campaign.

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I did a stint as the City Minister, and I'm a mum... Comments that did

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not go unnoticed. I have to remind people at home if

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people are mistaken, that there are mums, dads, and began dads on this

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side of the argument. The journalist who wrote the story

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is standing by it. It was naive to make the comparison

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and expect it not to become an issue. She is try to become the

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Prime Minister of the country, judgment and character matter as

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well as policy. Theresa May released a pledge for a

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clean campaign. No official response from her today but she reposted it

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on social media. Despite appeals for unity, after a fractious referendum

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campaign, the Conservative leader race is off to a controversial

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We will not know until we get the results in September it is the

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Conservative membership not the general public that has the final

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say. There may be some members who want their Prime Minister and leader

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to be a mum but many others who say that they don't care, that it should

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not be used to get ahead during the leadership campaign. That is why we

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have had such a strong reaction to the comments with some senior Tories

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saying that the remarks are vile and others calling for an apology. Now,

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it is clear that she was not trying to be cruel, to Theresa May but what

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it has shown, I think, is her inexperience and some are saying her

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lack of judgment, which is crucial to being the Prime Minister. I have

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heard from Andrea Leadsom's team, who have said that they are putting

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in an official complaint to the Times.

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And in the last hour the Deputy Leader of

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the Labour Party has said he's called off crisis talks with union

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chiefs over the future of Jeremy Corbyn.

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Tom Watson said there was "no realistic prospect

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of reaching a compromise" - because of the party leader's

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Mr Corbyn has significant support among trade unions

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and party members - but the majority of Labour

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Police in Dallas have found weapons and bomb-making materials

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at the home of the man who murdered five officers in the city.

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Micah Johnson, who was killed by police after the attack,

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had said he'd wanted to kill white people -

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This report from our Correspondent, David Willis.

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In a sleepy Dallas suburb, the police recovered an arsenal

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of weapons and bomb-making equipment from the home of the man who carried

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And amongst the guns and the ammunition,

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they found his journal, containing combat tactics,

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a personal manifesto for his murderous rampage

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That attack plunged a previously peaceful protest into chaos.

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Shots rained down from a building overhead as the attacker,

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a 25-year-old black man, sought out white police officers...

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The gunman's been named as Micah Johnston,

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The police say he was armed with an assault rifle and wearing

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This was a man we gave plenty of options to give

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He had a choice to come out and we would not harm him

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# How sweet the sound...

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A prayer vigil at the Catholic cathedral here heard calls

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for an end to racism and what the priest called

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the endless military policeage of tragic events in America.

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As this city seeks to heal, it would perhaps be tempting

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to regard the killing of five American policemen as an isolated

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incident were it not for the fact that there are reports of three

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separate gun attacks on police officers in three separate states,

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The question now after a week of violence is what can be done

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David Willis, BBC News, Dallas, Texas.

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At Wimbledon, it's the final of the Ladies singles today.

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Serena Williams is going for her seventh title.

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If she wins, the American will draw level with Steffi Graf as the winner

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Williams is up against Germany's Angelique Kerber.

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That's it for now - the next news on BBC

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Yes, as the great British summer continues, you may wish to keep your

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umbrella handy. But a promising start to the weekend, this was a

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picture sent from our weather watchers but

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