22/04/2017 BBC Weekend News


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Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.

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More than 100 people have been killed in Afghanistan

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after an assault by the Taliban - on a military base in

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Militants disguised themselves as soldiers, before carrying out

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Those targeted were leaving a mosque, after Friday prayers.

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Our South Asia Correspondent Justin Rowlatt reports.

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It was during afternoon prayers that two suicide bombers blasted open the

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entrance to this army base in the north of Afghanistan yesterday.

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Eight other fighters, dressed in Afghan army uniforms, used heavy

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machine guns to attack the dining areas of the base and the mosque.

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Afghan troops have been pouring into the area. Eyewitnesses warned the

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death toll would almost certainly rise. One man told the BBC he had

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counted 165 bodies. The battle lasted for five hours, and today

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dozens of injured soldiers were being treated in a local hospital.

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TRANSLATION: When I came out of the mosque after prayers, three people

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with army uniforms and an army vehicle started shooting at us. The

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Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack and issued this

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picture of the men it claims were behind it, ten are now dead, one was

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captured alive. The assault on the army base is a shocking reminder of

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just how tough the ongoing battle in Afghanistan is. Last month in Afghan

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special forces helicopter landed on top of the military hospital in

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Kabul after it was stormed by gunmen disguised as doctors. About 50

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people died in that attack. Two and a half years after the International

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combat mission in Afghanistan ended and the Taliban now controls more

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than a third of the country. And with casualties amongst the Afghan

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forces running at almost 7000 a year there are questions about how long

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the Afghan army can continue to defend the ground it still holds.

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Justin Rowlatt Forced BBC News. -- Justin Rowlatt, BBC News.

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In the first weekend of campaigning in the general election the leaders

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of both main parties have been out and about.

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The Labour Leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has been speaking

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in Manchester and will be leafleting and door-knocking later.

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In the last few minutes the Prime Minister has been

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We are now only 47 days away from the general election. From what I

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believe will be the most important election for this country in my

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lifetime. Because this is an election which is about a future for

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our country. And it's about ensuring that this country has a strong and

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stable government, strong and stable leadership in the national interest.

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Our political correspondent Leila Nathoo joins me,

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Leila what are we expecting the parties to focus on today?

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We have clear pictures already from Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May. This

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question of tax is coming on strong. It is. It comes from Philip

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Hammond's comments yesterday when he appeared to hint at an end of a

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pledge not to raise National Insurance, income tax or VAT.

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Theresa May didn't say anything about this, but she always said the

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Conservatives would be the party of low tax, and stated the record of

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taking more people out of income tax than ever before. Jeremy Corbyn was

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also asked about tax. He said Labour would be ensuring that tax burdens

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did not fall on the shoulders of those on lowering comes. He vowed to

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take back billions of pounds he accused the Conservatives of, he

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vowed to take that back from big businesses and reversing what he

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called tax cuts. He is keen to make this election about schools,

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hospitals and housing. Theresa May with Brexit at the centre of her

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campaign. On this first weekend of campaigning it is becoming clear

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just how all the parties will be fighting it.

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Plenty to talk about in the weeks ahead. Thanks very much.

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The SNP's national executive has confirmed that their 54 MPs will be

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reselected as candidates for the general election.

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The party will also chose candidates in the five

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This includes the two represented by Natalie McGarry

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and Michelle Thomson, both elected as SNP MPs, but who now

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They are not eligible to stand for the party.

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The former Conservative cabinet minister, Sir Eric Pickles,

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has become the latest MP to announce that he won't seek

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Sir Eric - who has represented Brentwood and Ongar

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in Essex, since 1992, said he felt now was

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But says he will miss the Commons dreadfully.

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Clashes have broken out in the German city of Cologne

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as tens of thousands of demonstrators picket a hall

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where the anti-immigration AFD party is holding a conference.

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A huge police operation is being mounted, with up to 50

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thousand protesters expected to descend on the city.

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Our correspondent Jenny Hill is there.

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Good afternoon. This is how Cologne is responding to Germany's most

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controversial political party. Police expect up to 50,000 people to

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hold demonstrations and protests at various sites across the city this

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afternoon. This is one of these protests going on behind me. You can

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see it is relatively peaceful. And quite musical, one chap has turned

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up with a grand piano. Police have reported a number of skirmishes

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elsewhere during one of those scuffles with police officer was

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injured, but not seriously we are told. One AFD delegate had an iron

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bar thrown at them as they tried to make their way into the conference.

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This morning we saw some protesters trying to prevent what they thought

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was another delegate getting through the police cordon to overhear where

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the conference is being held. A controversial conference. The

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fractures mood inside. AFD, a party in crisis, they are slipping in the

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polls, and the most recognisable figure from the party has announced

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she won't be standing to lead the party into the general election. She

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wants to take the party into a more mainstream direction. That has

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angered the more extreme members of the AFD. It'll be a controversial

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afternoon in the conference there. Thank you.

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The Sun newspaper has printed a formal apology to Everton

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Former editor Kelvin McKenzie compared the footballer

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to a gorilla in an article last week.

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Ross Barkley's grandfather is from Nigeria but the newspaper says

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Kelvin McKenzie remains suspended from The Sun.

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And an Italian professional cyclist has been killed

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after being hit by a van, while out training.

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37-year-old Michele Scarponi rode for the Astana team -

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The crash happened on a crossroads, near his home, in central Italy.

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With all the sport, Jessica Creighton at

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Good afternoon. An incredible start to the Scottish cup semifinal

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between the holders Hibernian and Aberdeen. Adam Rooney put Aberdeen

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ahead after just 11 seconds. Ryan Christie scored from a free kick,

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that made it 2-0. But Hibernian are back in it, thanks to substitute

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Grant Holt. It is half-time at Hampden Park.

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And the first of the FA Cup semifinals kicks off at 5:15pm. It

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is the best two teams in the Premier League, Chelsea against Tottenham,

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and it is live on BBC One. Manchester City women face a huge

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test this afternoon. They are up against defending champions Lyon in

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their first leg. This is their first season playing in the competition.

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Lyon have reached five of the last seven finals.

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Ronnie O'Sullivan was his usual entertaining self after reaching the

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quarterfinals of the World Snooker Championship. He hit a century break

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on his way to a 13-7 win over Murphy before explaining his current

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approach to the game. I think Snooker is a little bit like you are

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a pop star now. If you can make a good album every year you will do

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well. If you don't produce an album you go missing. I've decided to play

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a lot of exhibitions, do a lot of work, and it has taken the pressure

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off me, really. I don't feel I have anything to prove. I thought, I will

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give myself seven weeks to practice for this. It might have made a

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difference, maybe not, but, yes, I've put in more practising for it,

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but I haven't played for a year, basically. Great Britain are trying

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to get back into the world group of the Fed cup for the first time since

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1993. They are playing Romania. Joe Konta is set up against Sabrina

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could stay in the second singles match. She needs a win to level the

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tie after Heather Watson lost to the world number five, Simona Halep.

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Christina Horak who leads a 19 strong British squad at the world we

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live in the Bahamas this weekend. -- Chris

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takes less than a moment to realise you are at the Bahamas rather than

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Britain. But the majority of the world's best are here because of

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London which hosts the competition this summer. Teams need to race here

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to perform relay places there. It doesn't feel like we're at a

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Championships, but it is a serious event and are excited to compete.

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For Adam to Lely, fourth at the Olympics, this marks the start of a

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red to redemption. -- Adam Gemilli. I was gutted. I started sobbing. I

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broke down. I didn't know what to do with myself because in 20 seconds

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Mike dream was over. That is why the medals mean so much. -- my dream was

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over. They won gold at the 2004 Athens games but mistakes during the

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changeover is at Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016 cost the

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men potential medals in all of those events. The women excelled at the

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Olympics, claiming two bronze medals. They now want to establish

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themselves as one of the world's best relay nations. We know it is

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going to be tough. Lots of other teams would have liked that bronze

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medal. They were capable of winning it. We have arrows on our backs. We

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are in a position of a huge advantage of coming in with loads of

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confidence and capability. The British team have enjoyed their time

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in the sun and the media spotlight so far this week and will be hoping

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this is the only time they dropped the baton in the Bahamas.

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That is all of the sport. Thanks very much. The next news on

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BBC One is at 4:30pm. Have a good afternoon.

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Quiet weather right now. But a cold snap is on the way, just a slight

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echo of winter but not until

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