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Ordered back from Africa

by the Prime Minister -

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Priti Patel looks set to be sacked,

after a series of unsanctioned

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meetings with Israeli politicians.

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Pressure has been growing

on the International Development

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Secretary since it was revealed

she had a number of unsanctioned

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meetings in Israel while on holiday.

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It is up to the Prime Minister what

she does. She is already tightening

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the ministerial code even further.

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She is already tightening

the ministerial code even further.

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She's due to land in London

in a couple of hours' time.

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We'll have the latest

from Westminster.

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Also this lunchtime:

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The boss of NHS England says

the health service should get

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the cash boost it was promised

during the EU referendum.

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The NHS was not on the ballot paper,

but it was on the ballot boss. Vote

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Leave for a better funded health

service, £350 million a week.

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service, £350 million a week.

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A woman goes on trial charged

with murdering her ex-boyfriend.

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He ended his own life

in a euthanasia clinic,

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following a suspected acid attack.

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President Trump arrives

in China, where he will call

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on the Chinese leader,

Xi Jinping, to put pressure on North

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Korea over its nuclear ambitions.

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And it's 'ewe'!

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Researchers find that sheep can be

taught to recognise people's faces,

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proving they're cleverer

than many thought.

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And coming up in the

sport on BBC News:

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England and Germany will both wear

poppies on black armbands

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for their friendly this Friday,

after Fifa changed their rules.

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Good afternoon and welcome

to the BBC News at One.

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The International Development

Secretary, Priti Patel,

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is flying back to London from Africa

this lunchtime after being ordered

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back by the Prime Minister.

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And she looks set to be sacked.

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She was summoned after more

disclosures about unofficial

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meetings she held with Israeli

politicians while on holiday there.

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Priti Patel has already apologised

for holding twelve undisclosed

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meetings in Israel in August -

including one with the Israeli

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leader, Benjamin Netanyahu.

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But it's since emerged

that there were another two

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meetings in September.

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Our political correspondent, Leila

Nathoo, reports from Westminster.

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Another high-level

meeting off the books.

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This time, with the Israeli Minister

for Public Security,

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in Parliament in September.

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In August, while on holiday

in Israel, Priti Patel said she had

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taken the opportunity to meet

a number of people.

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Among them - charity leaders,

Israeli politicians,

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and even the country's

Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.

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A Secretary of State

apparently disregarding strict

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ministerial procedure,

holding meetings arranged outside

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the usual channels, with no British

Government officials present.

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When reports of her August

meetings emerged last week,

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Priti Patel initially claimed

the Foreign Office did know

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in advance about her visit.

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On Monday, she corrected the record,

admitting 12 separate meetings

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and that the FCO only became aware

of her trip while it was under way.

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She was summoned to Downing Street

and reminded of her obligations

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under the Ministerial Code.

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And after that reprimand,

Theresa May considered

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the matter closed.

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But now she has been recalled

to Number Ten after two further

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meetings with Israeli government

representatives in

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September were disclosed.

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She is a member of

the British Government.

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What she did secretly

from the British Government

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is discussed with a foreign

powers government how best

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to get something out

of the British Government.

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As a collective, which is

what the British Government is,

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she should have kept everybody

informed and not conducted

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her own foreign policy.

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After Priti Patel returned

from her August trip,

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unknown to Theresa May

until yesterday, she proposed

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sending taxpayers' money to

the Israeli Army, to treat wounded

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Syrian refugees.

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A controversial suggestion,

in a part of the world fraught

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with political sensitivities.

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These are bear traps

for politicians.

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If you depart one iota

from the agreed government position,

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there is a reason why government

positions are resolved with

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collective discussion very carefully

about what the implications

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are of any departure

from the government position.

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And she was getting

herself into danger.

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That danger has not passed.

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She has been recalled from official

business in East Africa

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at the request of Downing Street.

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At the start of the week,

Theresa May said she had

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accepted Priti Patel's

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apology for the way she had

handled her visit to Israel.

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And would look at tightening

the Ministerial Code.

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But now it appears the International

Development Secretary did not reveal

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to the Prime Minister the true

extent of her freelance diplomacy.

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Priti Patel's fate now seems clear.

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Theresa May could be

facing her second cabinet

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departure in a week.

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Another blow for her

fragile government.

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Our diplomatic correspondent,

James Landale, is here.

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You broke the story last Friday, it

has snowballed since. Tell others

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about the latest allegations that

have led to her being summoned back

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to London.

The original part of the

story was that Priti Patel had been

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to Israel and had official meetings

and had not told anybody. What we

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have learned in the last few hours

of this morning is that there was

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subsequent meetings, not in Israel,

once in the United Kingdom and House

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of Commons and Swansea New York, and

she had further meetings with senior

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Israeli figures. They were not

organised and reported back in the

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usual way, they were freelancing.

And we have learnt and establishing

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allegation, a report by an Israeli

newspaper, that during this trip,

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there were not 12 meetings as Priti

Patel said on Monday, there was a

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13th and that was a visit to an

Israeli defence Force killed

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hospital in the Golan Heights. This

is a part of the world that the

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British Government does not

recognise Israel's occupation of it,

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not a place where British ministers

ever go as far as we can tell and

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yet Priti Patel went, again without

telling the rest of her government.

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Thank you.

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Our assistant political editor,

Norman Smith, is in Westminster.

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Priti Patel is back in London at

about half past three this afternoon

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and she will see the Prime Minister,

we understand. If she does go and

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she loses her job, that is two

Cabinet ministers that have gone in

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less than a week, where does that

leave the Government?

It is bad,

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bad, bad for Mrs May to lose two

Cabinet ministers in seven days. And

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it risks unsettling the Brexiteers

and Remainers in the Government. She

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might harbour her only the ship

ambitions, and while the Cabinet is

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being buffeted over the sexual

harassment scandal. And it could get

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messy with reports in the Jewish

Chronicle this lunchtime that Mrs

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May did know about some of these

meetings and did know about the

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meeting with the Israeli Prime

Minister, claims denied by Number

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10. But although it is bad, there is

a worse scenario and that is if Mrs

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May what do not think because that

would further cement the motion that

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Mrs May -- will to do nothing. It

would cement the idea that she is so

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weak and fragile, she dare not move

anybody, even if it appears they

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mislead her and in effect defy her

authority. So although it is bad,

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there is a worse option, and that is

if Mrs May was to turn the other

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cheek and do nothing.

From

Westminster, thank you.

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The head of the NHS in England,

Simon Stevens, has warned

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that the budget for the health

service next year is well

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short of what's needed.

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He told a conference in London

that the public expects

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the Government to honour promises

made on health spending

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during the EU referendum campaign -

such as an extra £350 million a week

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for the NHS.

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Our health correspondent,

Sophie Hutchinson, reports.

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The NHS in England is under

unprecedented strain. Based with the

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tightest sustained financial

settlement in its history, it is

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failing to keep up with patients

demand. Today, its boss spoke

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bluntly about the impact on patients

next year if significant extra

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funding was not made available.

On

the current funding outlook, the NHS

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waiting list will grow to 5 million

people by 2021. That is an extra 1

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million people on the waiting list,

one in ten of us waiting for an

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operation. The highest number ever.

During the referendum, the Life

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campaign made controversial claims

that breaking from the EU would mean

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an extra £350 million a week for the

NHS. Mr Stevens said today it was a

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crucial deciding factor for those

who voted Brexit and must be

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respected.

By the end of the next

financial year for the NHS, March

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2019, the United Kingdom will have

left the European Union. Trust in

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Democratic politics will not be

strengthened if anyone now tries to

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argue, devoted Brexit pop before a

better funded health service, but

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precisely because of Brexit, you now

cannot have one day she voted Brexit

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for a better funded health service.

At the same conference, the Health

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Secretary said there could be no

commitment because of the

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uncertainty of the Brexit outcome.

It was not a government promise. It

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was a promise by the Vote Leave

campaign. But what I very much agree

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with is that if there is a Brexit

dividend, if we end up having less

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pressure on public finances, because

of the fact that we are not making

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net contributions to the EU, then I

believe that the NHS should be the

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first port of call.

The plea for a

financial boost for hospitals,

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ambulance and community services was

reinforced today by three major

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think tanks which insist an extra £4

billion is essential for next year

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if the NHS is to provide adequate

care for patients.

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And if you want to find

out what waiting times

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are like at your local hospital

service, go to the BBC's NHS Tracker

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page on the website.

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You just need to put

in your postcode.

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President Trump has arrived

in the Chinese capital, Beijing,

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on the latest stop of his twelve-day

tour of Asia.

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He was given a lavish welcome at one

of the country's most

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important historic sites -

the Forbidden City -

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by President Xi Jinping.

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Mr Trump is expected to use

the visit to press China to do more

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to enforce sanctions on North Korea,

as John Sudworth reports.

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At China's historic Forbidden City,

a meeting of the worlds first

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At China's historic Forbidden City,

a meeting of the world's first

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and second most powerful men.

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But some are beginning

to wonder which one is which.

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While President Trump

is beset by domestic woes,

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and seen to be lacking a coherent

foreign policy, President Xi enjoys

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a tight grip on power

and growing influence abroad.

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It is no coincidence that the visit

starts here behind the walls

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of the old Imperial Palace.

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From a time when China had huge

influence on the world stage.

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The symbolism could not be clearer.

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China's time has come again.

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Forget second place,

President Xi is seeking

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a new relationship of equals

with his American counterpart.

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A few hours earlier,

in the South Korean capital,

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Mr Trump once again underlined his

priority for this trip,

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the crisis in North Korea.

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Today, I hope I speak not

only for our countries,

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but for all civilised nations

when I say to the north,

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do not underestimate us.

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We call on every nation,

including China and Russia,

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to fully implement UN

Security Council resolutions.

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But China may not be willing

to dance to Mr Trump's tune.

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In a leader who prides

himself on his deal-making,

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it sees the opportunity to drive

a hard bargain.

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John Sudworth, BBC News, Beijing.

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The Welsh First Minister,

Carwyn Jones, is facing questions

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about the sacking of the former

minister Carl Sargeant,

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following allegations from a number

of women about his personal conduct.

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49-year-old Mr Sargeant was found

dead at his home yesterday,

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days after he was dismissed

and suspended from the Labour Party.

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Our Wales correspondent,

Sian Lloyd, is in Cardiff.

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His friends and colleagues have

spoken of their shock following his

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death, what is the mood there now?

Indeed. And the work of the Welsh

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Assembly has been suspended for the

rest of the week as a mark of

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respect to Carl Sargeant and members

from across the political divide

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have paid tribute. They have left

messages in a book of condolence

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that was opened earlier this

morning. But amongst the feelings of

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sadness, there is a growing sense of

anger amongst some Welsh Labour

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Assembly members about the way the

thing was handled. Carl Sargeant was

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sacked from his Cabinet role on

Friday by the First Minister of

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Wales, Carwyn Jones, amidst

allegations of inappropriate

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behaviour made by a number of

people. Mr Sargeant said the exact

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nature of those claims have not been

made to him and it is understood his

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solicitor contacted Welsh Labour

over the weekend but there was still

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no specifics. The First Minister

said this morning he is saddened by

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the events, but now is a time to

reflect and to think of Mr

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Sargeant's family.

Thank you.

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The trial has begun

of a woman charged with

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murdering her ex-boyfriend,

following a suspected acid attack.

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The jury has heard Mark van Dongen

was left paralysed from the neck

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down and lost his left leg,

ear and eye.

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He ended his life in a euthanasia

clinic 15 months later,

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saying he couldn't bear

the pain any longer.

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He died in Belgium at

the start of this year -

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more than a year after attack took

place in Bristol.

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Our correspondent, Jon Kay,

reports from the trial in Bristol.

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Mark van Dongen

and Berlinah Wallace.

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He was an engineer from Holland.

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She was a fashion student

from South Africa.

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They were together for five years,

living in this Bristol flat.

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The prosecution claims that

in September 2015 she bought

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sulphuric acid online and threw it

over him while he was sleeping

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in just a pair of shorts.

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The jury was told that she laughed,

saying if I can't have

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you, no one will.

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She was said to be unhappy

the relationship had broken down

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and that Mark van Dongen had

a new partner.

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Berlinah Wallace wept as the case

against her was outlined.

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She denies murder and throwing

a corrosive fluid.

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The jury was told that she claimed

she thought the liquid

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was a glass of water.

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The court heard that Mark van Dongen

was taken to Southmead Hospital

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in Bristol where his injuries

were described as horrific

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and catastrophic.

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He was said to be grotesquely

scarred by the acid,

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paralysed from the neck down.

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He lost an eye and needed

a leg amputated.

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The prosecution said that 15

months after the incident,

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Mark van Dongen decided

he could take it no longer.

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After being repatriated to be

near his family in Belgium he asked

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a euthanasia clinic there

to help end his life.

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Three doctors assessed him

and judged his physical

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and psychological suffering

to be unbearable.

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He died on the 2nd

of January this year.

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The prosecution claims that the

suffering that he sustained was so

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unbearable that it drove him to use

a lazy and that is why they say Ms

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Wallace is guilty of murder which

she denies. The jury are now being

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shown a video of Mark van Dongen

lying in his hospital bed here in

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Bristol talking to police about what

happened. In the video you can see

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the acid scars across his face, neck

and chest. The judge warned the

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journey -- the jury they could find

the contents of it upsetting and

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shocking. This was hardly looked at

the screen during the first 20

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minutes or so of the video. More

will be shown later today and the

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trial continues. -- Ms Wallace.

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Our top story this lunchtime.

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Ordered back from Africa

by the Prime Minister -

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the international development

secretary Priti Patel

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looks set to be sacked

after a series of meetings

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with Israeli politicians.

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And coming up - we meet the swimmer

who fled war-torn Syria.

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Coming up in sport.

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UK Anti-doping are concerned a case

against former heavyweight champion

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Tyson Fury could bankrupt them -

and it's thought they've

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asked the government

to underwrite the case.

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Clarence House has defended

the Prince of Wales

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after he was criticised for failing

to disclose an investment

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by his private estate

in an offshore company.

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The revelations come

from a number of leaked

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documents about tax havens,

known as the Paradise Papers.

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It's the second time

this week that a member

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of the Royal Family has been named.

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But Prince Charles' private estate -

the Duchy of Cornwall -

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insists that the Prince had no

direct involvement

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in its investments.

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Our economics correspondent

Andy Verity reports.

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As Prince Charles left the hotel

in Malaysia early this morning,

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an investment he'd made on the other

side of the world in Bermuda

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caught up with him.

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Sir, do you have any comments

on the Paradise Papers

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revelations today?

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A car took him to the airport

and later he and Camilla

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began a visit to India,

while supporters at home

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defended his failure to disclose

a shareholding in a company that

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stood to benefit from his

environmental campaigning.

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On the right here is the late

Hugh van Cutsem, one

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of the Prince's oldest friends.

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He was a director of Sustainable

Forestry Management Limited,

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a firm that managed tropical

rainforests registered in Bermuda.

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The company wanted to trade

in carbon credits but tropical

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rainforests were not included

in carbon credit trading schemes.

0:18:420:18:44

So it needed the rules

to be changed.

0:18:440:18:48

In February 2007 the Duchy bought 50

shares in Van Cutsem's

0:18:480:18:50

company worth $113,500.

0:18:500:18:56

At that time SFM's directors

agreed to keep the Duchy's

0:18:560:18:59

shares confidential.

0:18:590:19:00

Mr Van Cutsem asked for lobbying

documents to be sent

0:19:000:19:03

to the Prince's office.

0:19:030:19:05

And soon the Prince was making

speeches campaigning for changes

0:19:050:19:08

to two international agreements

on carbon credits.

0:19:080:19:12

In June 2008 the Duchy

sold its share for $395,000,

0:19:120:19:16

a profit of more than 200,000.

0:19:160:19:21

There is a potential

conflict of interest.

0:19:210:19:24

If on the one hand the Duchy

of Cornwall was making profits

0:19:240:19:27

in investments in one sector

and at the same time

0:19:270:19:31

the Prince of Wales

is lobbying in that same area.

0:19:310:19:36

But at the end of the day it boils

down to whether the Prince of Wales

0:19:360:19:41

knew that the Duchy of Cornwall

was making these investments.

0:19:410:19:45

Clarence House said the prince does

not have any direct involvement

0:19:450:19:48

in the investment decisions taken

by the Duchy and he has certainly

0:19:480:19:53

never chosen to speak out on a topic

simply because of a company that it

0:19:530:19:56

may have invested in.

0:19:560:19:57

I do not think it was a conflict

of interest, he has been talking

0:19:570:20:01

about environmental issues,

about carbon issues,

0:20:010:20:02

since the 1970s.

0:20:020:20:05

And anybody who chooses to go online

and go back over 852 speeches,

0:20:050:20:08

they're all there for them to see.

0:20:080:20:12

There's no suggestion of illegality,

nor that Prince Charles's

0:20:120:20:16

campaigning caused the share price

of his friend's company to rise.

0:20:160:20:23

Nor is it suggested that the Duchy

was seeking to avoid tax.

0:20:230:20:26

Andy Verity, BBC News.

0:20:260:20:27

Our Royal Correspondent Nicholas

Witchell is in Delhi.

0:20:270:20:30

This all overshadowing the prince's

visit to New Delhi -

0:20:300:20:33

has there been any comment from him

at all?

0:20:330:20:39

I do not think it is overshadowing

it in any significant way. He is

0:20:390:20:44

carrying on the visit which is

important in the Anglo Indian

0:20:440:20:49

context. He is visiting the Indian

Prime Minister at the moment and his

0:20:490:20:54

officials say they are comfortable

bubble is no conflict of interest

0:20:540:20:57

over these shareholdings and

suggesting by implication he had no

0:20:570:21:00

knowledge of their shareholdings and

did not of course speak up in

0:21:000:21:03

support of increasing their value.

More broadly of course this and the

0:21:030:21:07

earlier disclosures about the Queen

and her offshore holdings have

0:21:070:21:11

renewed calls for greater

0:21:110:21:23

transparency over Royal finance and

renewed calls for a register if you

0:21:260:21:28

like of Royal financial interest. I

think that would be strongly

0:21:280:21:31

resisted by the Royal households,

they would regard it as private

0:21:310:21:33

income and in the case of the Queen

and the Prince, from the Duchy of

0:21:330:21:36

Lancashire and Duchy of Cornwall.

But whether they could ever be

0:21:360:21:38

regarded as private investors and

accorded the privacy that private

0:21:380:21:40

investors would expect of course is

a moot point.

Nick Witchel, thank

0:21:400:21:43

you.

0:21:430:21:43

The broadcaster Sky says it

will consider closing Sky News if it

0:21:430:21:46

becomes a stumbling block

in its proposed merger

0:21:460:21:47

with 21st Century Fox.

0:21:470:21:49

Rupert Murdoch's bid

for full control of Sky

0:21:490:21:51

is being investigated

by the Competition

0:21:510:21:52

and Markets Authority,

over concerns that the media empire

0:21:520:21:54

could become too powerful.

0:21:540:21:56

Our Media Editor Amol

Rajan joins me now.

0:21:560:22:03

Does this mean that the deal is more

likely to go ahead?

I think it makes

0:22:030:22:09

the deal marginally more likely to

go ahead. Just to be clear no one is

0:22:090:22:14

saying the Sky News will shut any

time soon, we are a long way from

0:22:140:22:18

that. But what has happened

overnight, the independent directors

0:22:180:22:22

of Sky have sent the message that no

one should take for granted that Sky

0:22:220:22:25

News which loses tens of millions of

pounds but both world-class

0:22:250:22:29

journalism, no one should take for

granted that it will continue in

0:22:290:22:33

perpetuity. I've spoken to senior

people at Sky and across the

0:22:330:22:39

industry this morning and they say

that the Murdoch family who are

0:22:390:22:42

desperate for this bid to go

through, they will be pleased that

0:22:420:22:46

this morning there is a reminder

that they will not necessarily fund

0:22:460:22:50

Sky News forever. So I think that

he'll fly more likely to go through

0:22:500:22:54

although this could be an empty

threat but a message that it is an

0:22:540:22:58

important part of British

journalism.

0:22:580:23:01

Relatives of those who died

in the Enniskillen bombing have been

0:23:010:23:03

gathering in the town today to mark

the 30th anniversary

0:23:030:23:06

of the explosion.

0:23:060:23:07

The IRA attack was one of the most

notorious of the Troubles -

0:23:070:23:10

12 people lost their lives.

0:23:100:23:11

Our Ireland Correspondent

Chris Buckler reports.

0:23:110:23:21

Exactly 30 years ago today people

gathered in the same place, in the

0:23:210:23:27

same town, in an act of remembrance.

In 1987 the service was held to

0:23:270:23:35

honour those who had died in two

world wars. Today's ceremony was to

0:23:350:23:40

remember those murdered as they

stood in tribute here at the

0:23:400:23:43

Cenotaph in Enniskillen.

Wesley

Armstrong...

Each of the 12 names

0:23:430:23:49

was read out. All victims of an IRA

attack that stood out as shocking

0:23:490:23:57

even amid the series of shootings

and bombings, all to simply known as

0:23:570:24:04

the Northern Ireland troubles.

Bodies were left buried in rubble

0:24:040:24:08

after the explosion. The dead left

lying alongside the dozens injured.

0:24:080:24:13

A day that caused huge grief and has

never left the families of those

0:24:130:24:16

killed.

The loss is just so

terrible. And someone just said to

0:24:160:24:25

me this last year that grief is the

price of love and I never thought of

0:24:250:24:33

it until I heard that. And it truly

is.

The great granddaughter of a

0:24:330:24:46

couple killed during that Poppy Day

bombing sang during the service.

0:24:460:24:50

Despite the presence of politicians

and police officers this was an

0:24:500:24:55

event for the families. The message

was read from the Queen from talking

0:24:550:25:00

of the irreplaceable loss suffered

by each of the families. They will

0:25:000:25:05

gather again in this town this

weekend as is still traditional on

0:25:050:25:09

Remembrance Sunday.

0:25:090:25:12

BBC local radio is 50

years old today.

0:25:120:25:15

BBC Radio Leicester went on air

on November the 8th 1967 as part

0:25:150:25:19

of a two year "experiment" -

funded by local

0:25:190:25:21

councils, not the BBC.

0:25:210:25:31

After two years that experiment

was judged a success and by 1971

0:25:310:25:34

20 BBC local radio stations

were on air - rising

0:25:340:25:37

to more than 40 today.

0:25:370:25:42

Sir Andy Murray and his wife

Kim are celebrating

0:25:420:25:44

the birth of a baby girl.

0:25:440:25:46

It's understood she was

born a few days ago.

0:25:460:25:49

She's the couple's second child -

their first, Sophia,

0:25:490:25:51

was born last year.

0:25:510:25:53

The news emerged a day after Murray

played his first match

0:25:530:25:55

since suffering a hip

injury at Wimbledon.

0:25:550:25:57

It was a charity exhibition match

in Glasgow against Roger Federer,

0:25:570:26:00

which he lost 6-3, 3-6, 10-6.

0:26:000:26:06

She fled Syria two years ago

after her home was destroyed

0:26:060:26:10

in the civil war and only just made

it into Europe by boat.

0:26:100:26:16

She was a strong swimmer and less

than a year later she found herself

0:26:160:26:19

competing at the Rio Olympics

as part of the refugee team.

0:26:190:26:22

Now settled in Germany,

the teenager has her sights

0:26:220:26:24

firmly set on Tokyo 2020.

0:26:240:26:25

Our sports correspondent

Alex Capstick has been

0:26:250:26:27

to Berlin to meet her -

a warning that there are flashing

0:26:270:26:30

images in his report.

0:26:300:26:32

You know that you might

lose your life on the way.

0:26:320:26:37

Yusra Mardini, Olympian and refugee

who saved lives, including her own.

0:26:370:26:39

The teenage swimmer who fled

war-ravaged Syria to pursue

0:26:390:26:42

her sporting dreams.

0:26:420:26:46

A 25 day nightmare which featured

a sinking boat full of migrants

0:26:460:26:49

heading for Greece.

0:26:490:26:52

Yusra and her sister jumped

into the sea to help keep it afloat.

0:26:520:26:57

I know that of course I was afraid,

it was dark and I was just seeing

0:26:570:27:00

the island but never reaching it.

0:27:000:27:05

Not that I was the hero

pulling a rope, you know.

0:27:050:27:10

OK, I helped the boat

and so on but it was not

0:27:100:27:13

only me or my sister.

0:27:130:27:15

Yusra Mardini eventually

arrived in Berlin.

0:27:150:27:18

Already a promising swimmer,

she joined this club

0:27:180:27:20

at the city's Olympic Park.

0:27:200:27:23

Incredibly, just 11 months later,

she was in Rio on the biggest

0:27:230:27:26

sporting stage of all,

competing for the first

0:27:260:27:28

ever Refugee Team.

0:27:280:27:34

Even after, before when they

were telling me that I'm

0:27:340:27:37

leaving to the Olympics,

it was a really big surprise

0:27:370:27:39

after only one year.

0:27:390:27:42

I'm a refuge in Germany

and I'm going and there

0:27:420:27:45

is a Refugee Olympic Team.

0:27:450:27:46

It was incredible.

0:27:460:27:49

Yusra's remarkable back story means

she is now a teenager in demand,

0:27:490:27:52

with an expanding entourage

befitting her growing

0:27:520:27:55

stature on the world stage.

0:27:550:27:59

I'm just hoping to get the idea

to people that they are normal

0:27:590:28:03

people and they had a normal life

and they were forced

0:28:030:28:06

to flee their country

because of violence.

0:28:060:28:10

And you are making a movie,

or a movie is being made about you.

0:28:100:28:14

How exciting is that?

0:28:140:28:15

Stephen Daldry is directing it.

0:28:150:28:16

Yeah.

0:28:160:28:17

It's amazing.

0:28:170:28:18

I'm really excited.

0:28:180:28:20

But above all, Yusra Mardini

is focused on training hard.

0:28:200:28:23

She wants a place at the 2020

Olympics in Tokyo and doesn't

0:28:230:28:26

mind who she represents.

0:28:260:28:29

My ambition is just

to be an athlete.

0:28:290:28:33

If I'm going to start

for Germany or for my country

0:28:330:28:35

or for the Refugee Olympic Team,

I'm going to do the best I can

0:28:350:28:39

and it would be my pleasure.

0:28:390:28:42

In a life full of twists and turns,

the way to Tokyo may

0:28:420:28:45

not be straightforward,

but it's clear this determined

0:28:450:28:47

19-year-old will rise to whatever

challenges lie ahead.

0:28:470:28:51

Alex Capstick, BBC News, Berlin.

0:28:510:28:55

Sheep can be taught

to recognise the faces

0:28:550:28:57

of people they've never met.

0:28:570:29:00

Researchers from Cambridge

University trained a flock

0:29:000:29:03

of Welsh Mountain sheep to pick out

the faces of celebrities,

0:29:030:29:07

including the actors Jake Gyllenhaal

and Emma Watson, and the former

0:29:070:29:10

US President, Barack Obama.

0:29:100:29:11

Researchers say it proves

the animals possess similar facial

0:29:110:29:16

recognition abilities to primates.

0:29:160:29:17

Tom Burridge reports.

0:29:170:29:22

Two faces and a sheep, the sheep

pauses and then correctly picks the

0:29:220:29:32

former US president. Next

contestant, please. Spot the British

0:29:320:29:35

actress. Some of the sheep being

tested have Huntington's disease.

0:29:350:29:41

Scientists wanted to know if those

with the genetic mutation that

0:29:410:29:46

causes the disease still have a

properly functioning brain.

What I'm

0:29:460:29:51

interested in developing a way of

measuring the cognitive function and

0:29:510:29:56

flexibility. And face recognition is

a very complex human task and we

0:29:560:30:00

thought it would be good to see if

she broke capable of doing it.

0:30:000:30:04

Identifying the correct face equals

food. So it turns out that sheep are

0:30:040:30:10

not as stupid as we all thought. So

my friends, which is 007? Anybody?

0:30:100:30:18

Any takers? What about, who is this

lady? Did someone say... Mmmmm. So

0:30:180:30:39

when you next get that stare

remember, she may remember your

0:30:390:30:42

face.

0:30:420:30:43

Time for a look at the weather.

0:30:430:30:45

Here's Ben Rich.

0:30:450:30:48

Here's Ben Rich.

0:30:480:30:52

If you do not like the weather you

have got at the moment it will

0:30:520:30:57

probably change. We had some cloud

this morning across Kent. But blue

0:30:570:31:02

skies in York, a beautiful day here

and sunshine across these central

0:31:020:31:08

portions of the British Isles. Then

add to the North West we have cloud

0:31:080:31:17

and rain moving across Scotland and

Northern Ireland with a

0:31:170:31:19

strengthening wind. Where the

temperatures with a maximum of 11

0:31:190:31:29

degrees. This evening with the clear

skies it is going to get chilly

0:31:290:31:34

quite quickly through the evening

then patchy rain moving south and

0:31:340:31:38

east and by the end of the night

telling chilly again across northern

0:31:380:31:43

Scotland. Those are the temperatures

in towns and cities but much lower

0:31:430:31:47

in the countryside. So with the cold

air in place and some cloud rolling

0:31:470:31:59

in from the north-east, a pretty

miserable start morning through the

0:31:590:32:02

south-east. Across Wales something a

little bit milder. Brighter skies

0:32:020:32:12

already developing in northern

England and Scotland and Northern

0:32:120:32:16

Ireland with some spells of sunshine

along with blustery showers across

0:32:160:32:20

the far north of Scotland. Those

sunny skies gradually spread a

0:32:200:32:24

little further south and east.

Taking some time to break up in the

0:32:240:32:29

south. But here a bit milder

tomorrow at 14 degrees there in

0:32:290:32:33

Cardiff. On Friday mainly a fine

start, some thundery showers

0:32:330:32:41

possible in northern Scotland. And

then clouding over across Northern

0:32:410:32:45

Ireland with outbreaks of rain. A

lot going on to the next few days.

0:32:450:32:50

This frontal system will be with us

for the start of the weekend

0:32:500:32:54

bringing outbreaks of rain. Some

cold air heading in our direction.

0:32:540:32:59

So chilly feeling to the weather on

Saturday. Some spells of sunshine,

0:32:590:33:04

some showers blowing in as well. On

Sunday we shift wind direction, more

0:33:040:33:13

of a northerly wind so most showers

down the east coast at this stage.

0:33:130:33:17

And temperatures of

0:33:170:33:21

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